#16939E#16939E

#16939E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.100 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16939E
RGB	rgb(22, 147, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -27.22, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 31.01, 208.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.0905 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.1 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9334, 23.5044, 35.9855)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16939E #9E2116

analogous

#169E65 #16939E #164F9E

triadic

#16939E #9E1693 #939E16

tetradic

#16939E #65169E #9E2116 #4F9E16

square

#16939E #65169E #9E2116 #4F9E16

split-complementary

#16939E #9E164F #9E6516

monochromatic

#072F33 #0F6168 #16939E #1DC5D4 #49D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#16939E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#16939E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16939E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16939E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16939E	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74809E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16939e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 147, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.100 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b3ba',
    500: '#16939e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16939e;
$custom-light: #71b3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16939e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60667,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16939E

secondary

#C75349

accent

#4536F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16939E

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

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