#16A1B4#16A1B4

#16A1B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A1B4
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 180)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -27.02, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 33.34, 215.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0945 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.109 210)
XYZ	xyz(21.3103, 28.9528, 47.6364)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A1B4 #B42916

analogous

#16B478 #16A1B4 #1652B4

triadic

#16A1B4 #B416A1 #A1B416

tetradic

#16A1B4 #7816B4 #B42916 #52B416

square

#16A1B4 #7816B4 #B42916 #52B416

split-complementary

#16A1B4 #B41652 #B47816

monochromatic

#093F47 #0F707D #16A1B4 #23CDE4 #5AD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#16A1B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#16A1B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A1B4

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A1B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A1B4	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a1b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bdca',
    500: '#16a1b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a1b4;
$custom-light: #76bdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a1b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.215,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65098,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.28956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A1B4

secondary

#CE6658

accent

#4A33F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A1B4

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

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