#16908C#16908C

#16908C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.098 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16908C
RGB	rgb(22, 144, 140)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -31.47, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 32.20, 192.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0958 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.098 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0355, 22.0086, 28.2615)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16908C #90161A

analogous

#16904F #16908C #165790

triadic

#16908C #8C1690 #908C16

tetradic

#16908C #4F1690 #90161A #579016

square

#16908C #4F1690 #90161A #579016

split-complementary

#16908C #901657 #904F16

monochromatic

#062625 #0E5B58 #16908C #1EC5C0 #3FE2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#16908C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#16908C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16908C

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16908C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16908C	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)

#87888C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16908c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 144, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.098 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb1ad',
    500: '#16908c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16908c;
$custom-light: #6eb1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16908c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59208,
    "c": 0.09766,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16908C

secondary

#C24044

accent

#383EF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16908C

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

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