#16908E#16908E

#16908E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.097 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16908E
RGB	rgb(22, 144, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -30.85, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 31.84, 194.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% -0.0948 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.097 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1843, 22.0681, 29.0452)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16908E #901618

analogous

#169051 #16908E #165590

triadic

#16908E #8E1690 #908E16

tetradic

#16908E #511690 #901618 #559016

square

#16908E #511690 #901618 #559016

split-complementary

#16908E #901655 #905116

monochromatic

#062625 #0E5B5A #16908E #1EC5C2 #3FE2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#16908E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#16908E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16908E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16908E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16908E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16908e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 144, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.097 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb1af',
    500: '#16908e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16908e;
$custom-light: #6eb1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16908e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59281,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16908E

secondary

#C24042

accent

#383BF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16908E

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

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