#16A6B3#16A6B3

#16A6B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.110 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A6B3
RGB	rgb(22, 166, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -29.82, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 34.16, 209.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0996 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.11 205)
XYZ	xyz(22.1001, 30.6948, 47.3990)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A6B3 #B32316

analogous

#16B372 #16A6B3 #1658B3

triadic

#16A6B3 #B316A6 #A6B316

tetradic

#16A6B3 #7216B3 #B32316 #58B316

square

#16A6B3 #7216B3 #B32316 #58B316

split-complementary

#16A6B3 #B31658 #B37216

monochromatic

#094146 #0F737C #16A6B3 #22D4E4 #59DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#16A6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#16A6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A6B3

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A6B3	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 166, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.110 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c1c9',
    500: '#16a6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a6b3;
$custom-light: #76c1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.968,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66308,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.30698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A6B3

secondary

#CE6157

accent

#4333F5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A6B3

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

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