#16909E#16909E

#16909E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.099 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16909E
RGB	rgb(22, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -25.72, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 30.44, 212.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0876 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.099 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4729, 22.5836, 35.8320)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16909E #9E2416

analogous

#169E68 #16909E #164C9E

triadic

#16909E #9E1690 #909E16

tetradic

#16909E #68169E #9E2416 #4C9E16

square

#16909E #68169E #9E2416 #4C9E16

split-complementary

#16909E #9E164C #9E6816

monochromatic

#072E33 #0F5F68 #16909E #1DC1D4 #49D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#16909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#16909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16909E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16909E	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.099 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b1ba',
    500: '#16909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16909e;
$custom-light: #70b1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.599,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16909E

secondary

#C75649

accent

#4936F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16909E

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

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