#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
RGBrgb(22, 137, 143)
HSLhsl(183, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(183, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(51.89, -27.10, -11.78)
CIE-LCHlch(51.89, 29.55, 203.50°)
OKLaboklab(57.49% -0.0874 -0.0328)
OKLCHoklch(57.49% 0.093 200.6)
XYZxyz(14.2322, 20.0432, 29.0999)
Luminance0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##16898F1.004.195.015.01
#FFFFFF4.191.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0121.001.001.00
##0000005.0121.001.001.00

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

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#16898F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva