#16A4B4#16A4B4

#16A4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.110 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A4B4
RGB	rgb(22, 164, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -28.51, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 33.78, 212.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0973 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.11 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8409, 30.0139, 47.8133)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A4B4 #B42616

analogous

#16B475 #16A4B4 #1655B4

triadic

#16A4B4 #B416A4 #A4B416

tetradic

#16A4B4 #7516B4 #B42616 #55B416

square

#16A4B4 #7516B4 #B42616 #55B416

split-complementary

#16A4B4 #B41655 #B47516

monochromatic

#094147 #0F727D #16A4B4 #23D1E4 #5ADCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#16A4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#16A4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A4B4

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A4B4	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 164, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.110 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bfca',
    500: '#16a4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a4b4;
$custom-light: #76bfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65847,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A4B4

secondary

#CE6458

accent

#4733F5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A4B4

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

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