#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
RGB	rgb(22, 144, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -31.77, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 32.39, 191.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0963 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.098 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9621, 21.9793, 27.8749)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##16908B	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16908B

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

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