#16A2B3#16A2B3

#16A2B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A2B3
RGB	rgb(22, 162, 179)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -27.85, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 33.46, 213.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0958 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.109 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3843, 29.2631, 47.1604)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A2B3 #B32716

analogous

#16B376 #16A2B3 #1654B3

triadic

#16A2B3 #B316A2 #A2B316

tetradic

#16A2B3 #7616B3 #B32716 #54B316

square

#16A2B3 #7616B3 #B32716 #54B316

split-complementary

#16A2B3 #B31654 #B37616

monochromatic

#093F46 #0F717C #16A2B3 #22CFE4 #59DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#16A2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#16A2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A2B3

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A2B3	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 162, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bec9',
    500: '#16a2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a2b3;
$custom-light: #76bec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.497,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65307,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A2B3

secondary

#CE6457

accent

#4833F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A2B3

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

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