#16A5B3#16A5B3

#16A5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.110 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A5B3
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -29.33, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 33.97, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.0986 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.11 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9190, 30.3326, 47.3386)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A5B3 #B32416

analogous

#16B372 #16A5B3 #1657B3

triadic

#16A5B3 #B316A5 #A5B316

tetradic

#16A5B3 #7216B3 #B32416 #57B316

square

#16A5B3 #7216B3 #B32416 #57B316

split-complementary

#16A5B3 #B31657 #B37216

monochromatic

#094146 #0F737C #16A5B3 #22D3E4 #59DEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#16A5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#16A5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A5B3

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A5B3	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.110 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c0c9',
    500: '#16a5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a5b3;
$custom-light: #76c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.35,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66058,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A5B3

secondary

#CE6257

accent

#4433F5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A5B3

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

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