#16908B#16908B

#16908B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.098 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16908B
RGBrgb(22, 144, 139)
HSLhsl(178, 73%, 33%)
HSVhsv(178, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.5%)
CIE-LABlab(54.01, -31.77, -6.29)
CIE-LCHlch(54.01, 32.39, 191.21°)
OKLaboklab(59.17% -0.0963 -0.0176)
OKLCHoklch(59.17% 0.098 190.4)
XYZxyz(14.9621, 21.9793, 27.8749)
Luminance0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16908B #90161B
analogous
#16904E #16908B #165890
triadic
#16908B #8B1690 #908B16
tetradic
#16908B #4E1690 #90161B #589016
square
#16908B #4E1690 #90161B #589016
split-complementary
#16908B #901658 #904E16
monochromatic
#062625 #0E5B58 #16908B #1EC5BE #3FE2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89
#16908B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40
#16908B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16908B
5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16908B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16908B1.003.895.405.40
#FFFFFF3.891.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4021.001.001.00
##0000005.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#87888B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#777C8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00948E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16908b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 144, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.098 190.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb1ac',
    500: '#16908b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16908b;
$custom-light: #6eb1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16908b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.541,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59173,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16908B
secondary
#C24045
accent
#383FF0
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF5F4
border
#C8CFCE
text
#091110
muted
#7B807F

Preview Lab

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#16908B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva