#16929E#16929E

#16929E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.099 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16929E
RGB	rgb(22, 146, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -26.72, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 30.81, 209.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0896 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.099 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7785, 23.1948, 35.9338)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16929E #9E2216

analogous

#169E66 #16929E #164E9E

triadic

#16929E #9E1692 #929E16

tetradic

#16929E #66169E #9E2216 #4E9E16

square

#16929E #66169E #9E2216 #4E9E16

split-complementary

#16929E #9E164E #9E6616

monochromatic

#072F33 #0F6068 #16929E #1DC4D4 #49D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#16929E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#16929E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16929E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16929E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16929E	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16929e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 146, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.099 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b2ba',
    500: '#16929e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16929e;
$custom-light: #71b2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16929e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60412,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16929E

secondary

#C75449

accent

#4636F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16929E

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

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