#16999F#16999F

#16999F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.102 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16999F
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 159)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -29.86, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 32.38, 202.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0959 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.102 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9772, 25.4539, 36.7598)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16999F #9F1C16

analogous

#169F61 #16999F #16549F

triadic

#16999F #9F1699 #999F16

tetradic

#16999F #61169F #9F1C16 #549F16

square

#16999F #61169F #9F1C16 #549F16

split-complementary

#16999F #9F1654 #9F6116

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6569 #16999F #1DCDD5 #4ADFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#16999F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#16999F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16999F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16999F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16999F	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B85A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16999f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.102 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7bb',
    500: '#16999f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16999f;
$custom-light: #72b7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16999f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62242,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16999F

secondary

#C74F4A

accent

#3E36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #16999F

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

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