#16919E#16919E

#16919E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.099 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16919E
RGB	rgb(22, 145, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -26.22, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 30.62, 211.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0886 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.099 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6251, 22.8878, 35.8827)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16919E #9E2316

analogous

#169E67 #16919E #164D9E

triadic

#16919E #9E1691 #919E16

tetradic

#16919E #67169E #9E2316 #4D9E16

square

#16919E #67169E #9E2316 #4D9E16

split-complementary

#16919E #9E164D #9E6716

monochromatic

#072E33 #0F6068 #16919E #1DC2D4 #49D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#16919E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#16919E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16919E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16919E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16919E	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16919e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 145, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.099 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b1ba',
    500: '#16919e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16919e;
$custom-light: #71b1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16919e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.735,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60156,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16919E

secondary

#C75549

accent

#4836F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16919E

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

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