#16959F#16959F

#16959F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16959F
RGB	rgb(22, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -27.90, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 31.40, 207.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.092 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3335, 24.1664, 36.5452)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16959F #9F2016

analogous

#169F65 #16959F #16509F

triadic

#16959F #9F1695 #959F16

tetradic

#16959F #65169F #9F2016 #509F16

square

#16959F #65169F #9F2016 #509F16

split-complementary

#16959F #9F1650 #9F6516

monochromatic

#073033 #0F6369 #16959F #1DC7D5 #4ADAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#16959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#16959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16959F

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16959F	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)

#888EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4bb',
    500: '#16959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16959f;
$custom-light: #71b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.38,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61219,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16959F

secondary

#C7534A

accent

#4336F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16959F

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

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