#16898E#16898E

#16898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.093 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16898E
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, -27.43, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 29.64, 202.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0878 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.093 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1568, 20.0131, 28.7027)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16898E #8E1B16

analogous

#168E57 #16898E #164D8E

triadic

#16898E #8E1689 #898E16

tetradic

#16898E #57168E #8E1B16 #4D8E16

square

#16898E #57168E #8E1B16 #4D8E16

split-complementary

#16898E #8E164D #8E5716

monochromatic

#062324 #0E5659 #16898E #1EBCC3 #3DDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#16898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#16898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16898E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16898E	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E828E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.093 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaf',
    500: '#16898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16898e;
$custom-light: #6dacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57454,
    "c": 0.09326,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16898E

secondary

#C1443F

accent

#4038F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16898E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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