#16A0B3#16A0B3

#16A0B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.109 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A0B3
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 179)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -26.85, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 33.17, 215.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0939 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.109 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0348, 28.5641, 47.0439)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A0B3 #B32916

analogous

#16B378 #16A0B3 #1652B3

triadic

#16A0B3 #B316A0 #A0B316

tetradic

#16A0B3 #7816B3 #B32916 #52B316

square

#16A0B3 #7816B3 #B32916 #52B316

split-complementary

#16A0B3 #B31652 #B37816

monochromatic

#093F46 #0F6F7C #16A0B3 #22CCE4 #59D9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#16A0B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#16A0B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A0B3

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A0B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A0B3	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a0b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.109 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcc9',
    500: '#16a0b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a0b3;
$custom-light: #75bcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a0b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.261,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64807,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A0B3

secondary

#CE6557

accent

#4B33F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A0B3

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

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