#16979F#16979F

#16979F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16979F
RGB	rgb(22, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -28.89, -13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 31.87, 204.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.094 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.101 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6526, 24.8047, 36.6516)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16979F #9F1E16

analogous

#169F63 #16979F #16529F

triadic

#16979F #9F1697 #979F16

tetradic

#16979F #63169F #9F1E16 #529F16

square

#16979F #63169F #9F1E16 #529F16

split-complementary

#16979F #9F1652 #9F6316

monochromatic

#073133 #0F6469 #16979F #1DCAD5 #4ADDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#16979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#16979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16979F

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16979F	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b6bb',
    500: '#16979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16979f;
$custom-light: #71b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.504,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6173,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16979F

secondary

#C7514A

accent

#4136F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16979F

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

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