#16898F#16898F

#16898F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.093 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16898F
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, -27.10, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 29.55, 203.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.0874 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.093 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2322, 20.0432, 29.0999)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16898F #8F1C16

analogous

#168F58 #16898F #164D8F

triadic

#16898F #8F1689 #898F16

tetradic

#16898F #58168F #8F1C16 #4D8F16

square

#16898F #58168F #8F1C16 #4D8F16

split-complementary

#16898F #8F164D #8F5816

monochromatic

#062325 #0E565A #16898F #1EBCC4 #3ED9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#16898F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#16898F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16898F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16898F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16898F	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16898f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.093 200.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16898f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57493,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16898F

secondary

#C1463F

accent

#4138F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16898F

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

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