#16949F#16949F

#16949F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.100 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16949F
RGB	rgb(22, 148, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -27.40, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 31.18, 208.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0911 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.1 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1760, 23.8514, 36.4927)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16949F #9F2116

analogous

#169F66 #16949F #164F9F

triadic

#16949F #9F1694 #949F16

tetradic

#16949F #66169F #9F2116 #4F9F16

square

#16949F #66169F #9F2116 #4F9F16

split-complementary

#16949F #9F164F #9F6616

monochromatic

#073033 #0F6269 #16949F #1DC6D5 #4AD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#16949F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#16949F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16949F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16949F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16949F	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75819F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16949f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 148, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.100 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4bb',
    500: '#16949f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16949f;
$custom-light: #71b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16949f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.818,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60963,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16949F

secondary

#C7544A

accent

#4536F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16949F

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

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