#16A5B4#16A5B4

#16A5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.110 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A5B4
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, -29.01, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 33.95, 211.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0982 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.11 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0205, 30.3732, 47.8732)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A5B4 #B42516

analogous

#16B474 #16A5B4 #1656B4

triadic

#16A5B4 #B416A5 #A5B416

tetradic

#16A5B4 #7416B4 #B42516 #56B416

square

#16A5B4 #7416B4 #B42516 #56B416

split-complementary

#16A5B4 #B41656 #B47416

monochromatic

#094147 #0F737D #16A5B4 #23D2E4 #5ADDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#16A5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#16A5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A5B4

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A5B4	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8290B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.110 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c0ca',
    500: '#16a5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a5b4;
$custom-light: #76c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.696,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66097,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A5B4

secondary

#CE6358

accent

#4533F5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A5B4

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

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