#16899D#16899D

#16899D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.097 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16899D
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -22.45, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 29.50, 220.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0812 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.097 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3597, 20.4942, 35.0380)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16899D #9D2A16

analogous

#169D6E #16899D #16459D

triadic

#16899D #9D1689 #899D16

tetradic

#16899D #6E169D #9D2A16 #459D16

square

#16899D #6E169D #9D2A16 #459D16

split-complementary

#16899D #9D1645 #9D6E16

monochromatic

#072B32 #0E5A67 #16899D #1EB8D3 #48CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#16899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#16899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16899D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16899D	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.097 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabba',
    500: '#16899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16899d;
$custom-light: #6fabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58069,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16899D

secondary

#C75B48

accent

#5236F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16899D

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

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