#16908A#16908A

#16908A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.098 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16908A
RGB	rgb(22, 144, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(177, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -32.08, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 32.59, 190.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0967 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.098 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8894, 21.9502, 27.4919)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16908A #90161C

analogous

#16904D #16908A #165990

triadic

#16908A #8A1690 #908A16

tetradic

#16908A #4D1690 #90161C #599016

square

#16908A #4D1690 #90161C #599016

split-complementary

#16908A #901659 #904D16

monochromatic

#062624 #0E5B57 #16908A #1EC5BD #3FE2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#16908A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#16908A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16908A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16908A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16908A	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16908a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 144, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.098 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb1ac',
    500: '#16908a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16908a;
$custom-light: #6eb1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16908a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59137,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16908A

secondary

#C24046

accent

#3841F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16908A

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

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