#16909F#16909F

#16909F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.099 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16909F
RGB	rgb(22, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -25.38, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 30.44, 213.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0872 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.099 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5594, 22.6182, 36.2871)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16909F #9F2516

analogous

#169F69 #16909F #164C9F

triadic

#16909F #9F1690 #909F16

tetradic

#16909F #69169F #9F2516 #4C9F16

square

#16909F #69169F #9F2516 #4C9F16

split-complementary

#16909F #9F164C #9F6916

monochromatic

#072F33 #0F5F69 #16909F #1DC1D5 #4AD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#16909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#16909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16909F

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16909F	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#828AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.099 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b1bb',
    500: '#16909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16909f;
$custom-light: #71b1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.569,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59941,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16909F

secondary

#C7574A

accent

#4A36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16909F

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

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