#16937C#16937C

#16937C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.107 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16937C
RGB	rgb(22, 147, 124)
HSL	hsl(169, 74%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(169, 85%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 15.6%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -37.52, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 37.65, 175.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.1065 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.107 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4008, 22.4914, 22.6472)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16937C #93162D

analogous

#16933D #16937C #166B93

triadic

#16937C #7C1693 #937C16

tetradic

#16937C #3D1693 #93162D #6B9316

square

#16937C #3D1693 #93162D #6B9316

split-complementary

#16937C #93166B #933D16

monochromatic

#062922 #0E5E4F #16937C #1EC8A9 #41E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#16937C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#16937C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16937C

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16937C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16937C	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D897B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16937c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 147, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.107 175.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16937c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.96,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59471,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16937C

secondary

#C3425A

accent

#3759F1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#08110F

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16937C

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

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