#16A6B4#16A6B4

#16A6B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.110 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A6B4
RGB	rgb(22, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -29.50, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 34.13, 210.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0992 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.11 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2016, 30.7354, 47.9335)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A6B4 #B42416

analogous

#16B473 #16A6B4 #1657B4

triadic

#16A6B4 #B416A6 #A6B416

tetradic

#16A6B4 #7316B4 #B42416 #57B416

square

#16A6B4 #7316B4 #B42416 #57B416

split-complementary

#16A6B4 #B41657 #B47316

monochromatic

#094147 #0F747D #16A6B4 #23D3E4 #5ADEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#16A6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#16A6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A6B4

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A6B4	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.110 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c1ca',
    500: '#16a6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a6b4;
$custom-light: #76c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.316,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66348,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A6B4

secondary

#CE6258

accent

#4433F5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A6B4

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

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