#16937B#16937B

#16937B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.107 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16937B
RGB	rgb(22, 147, 123)
HSL	hsl(168, 74%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(168, 85%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 16.3%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -37.79, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 37.97, 174.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.107 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.107 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3379, 22.4662, 22.3158)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16937B #93162E

analogous

#16933C #16937B #166C93

triadic

#16937B #7B1693 #937B16

tetradic

#16937B #3C1693 #93162E #6C9316

square

#16937B #3C1693 #93162E #6C9316

split-complementary

#16937B #93166C #933C16

monochromatic

#062922 #0E5E4E #16937B #1EC8A8 #41E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#16937B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#16937B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16937B

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16937B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16937B	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D897A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16937b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 147, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.107 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db3a1',
    500: '#16937b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16937b;
$custom-light: #6db3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16937b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.48,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59441,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16937B

secondary

#C3425B

accent

#375BF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#08110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16937B

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

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