#16A1B3#16A1B3

#16A1B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A1B3
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 179)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -27.35, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 33.31, 214.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0949 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.109 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2088, 28.9122, 47.1019)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A1B3 #B32816

analogous

#16B377 #16A1B3 #1653B3

triadic

#16A1B3 #B316A1 #A1B316

tetradic

#16A1B3 #7716B3 #B32816 #53B316

square

#16A1B3 #7716B3 #B32816 #53B316

split-complementary

#16A1B3 #B31653 #B37716

monochromatic

#093F46 #0F707C #16A1B3 #22CEE4 #59DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#16A1B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#16A1B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A1B3

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A1B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A1B3	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a1b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bdc9',
    500: '#16a1b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a1b3;
$custom-light: #75bdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a1b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.879,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65057,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A1B3

secondary

#CE6557

accent

#4933F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A1B3

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

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