#16949E#16949E

#16949E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16949E
RGB	rgb(22, 148, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -27.72, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 31.23, 207.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0915 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0895, 23.8168, 36.0375)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16949E #9E2016

analogous

#169E64 #16949E #16509E

triadic

#16949E #9E1694 #949E16

tetradic

#16949E #64169E #9E2016 #509E16

square

#16949E #64169E #9E2016 #509E16

split-complementary

#16949E #9E1650 #9E6416

monochromatic

#072F33 #0F6268 #16949E #1DC6D4 #49DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#16949E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#16949E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16949E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16949E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16949E	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16949e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 148, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4ba',
    500: '#16949e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16949e;
$custom-light: #71b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16949e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60923,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16949E

secondary

#C75249

accent

#4436F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16949E

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

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