#16998E#16998E

#16998E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16998E
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(175, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -35.08, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 35.26, 185.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.1038 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.104 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6022, 24.9039, 29.5179)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16998E #991621

analogous

#16994D #16998E #166399

triadic

#16998E #8E1699 #998E16

tetradic

#16998E #4D1699 #991621 #639916

square

#16998E #4D1699 #991621 #639916

split-complementary

#16998E #991663 #994D16

monochromatic

#072E2B #0E635C #16998E #1ECFC0 #45E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#16998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#16998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16998E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16998E	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80848F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b8af',
    500: '#16998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16998e;
$custom-light: #70b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.962,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61631,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16998E

secondary

#C54650

accent

#3646F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16998E

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

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