#16959E#16959E

#16959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16959E
RGB	rgb(22, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -28.22, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 31.46, 206.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0925 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2471, 24.1319, 36.0900)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16959E #9E1F16

analogous

#169E63 #16959E #16519E

triadic

#16959E #9E1695 #959E16

tetradic

#16959E #63169E #9E1F16 #519E16

square

#16959E #63169E #9E1F16 #519E16

split-complementary

#16959E #9E1651 #9E6316

monochromatic

#073033 #0F6268 #16959E #1DC8D4 #49DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#16959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#16959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16959E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16959E	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4ba',
    500: '#16959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16959e;
$custom-light: #71b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61179,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16959E

secondary

#C75149

accent

#4236F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16959E

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

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