#16989F#16989F

#16989F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16989F
RGB	rgb(22, 152, 159)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -29.38, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 32.12, 203.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.095 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.102 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8142, 25.1279, 36.7054)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16989F #9F1D16

analogous

#169F62 #16989F #16539F

triadic

#16989F #9F1698 #989F16

tetradic

#16989F #62169F #9F1D16 #539F16

square

#16989F #62169F #9F1D16 #539F16

split-complementary

#16989F #9F1653 #9F6216

monochromatic

#073133 #0F6569 #16989F #1DCBD5 #4ADEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#16989F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#16989F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16989F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16989F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16989F	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A84A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16989f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 152, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7bb',
    500: '#16989f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16989f;
$custom-light: #72b7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16989f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.066,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61986,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16989F

secondary

#C7504A

accent

#3F36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16989F

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

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