#16969F#16969F

#16969F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16969F
RGB	rgb(22, 150, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -28.39, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 31.63, 206.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.093 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4924, 24.4842, 36.5981)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16969F #9F1F16

analogous

#169F64 #16969F #16519F

triadic

#16969F #9F1696 #969F16

tetradic

#16969F #64169F #9F1F16 #519F16

square

#16969F #64169F #9F1F16 #519F16

split-complementary

#16969F #9F1651 #9F6416

monochromatic

#073133 #0F6369 #16969F #1DC9D5 #4ADCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#16969F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#16969F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16969F

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16969F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16969F	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16969f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 150, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b5bb',
    500: '#16969f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16969f;
$custom-light: #71b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16969f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61475,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16969F

secondary

#C7524A

accent

#4236F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16969F

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

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