#16A7B3#16A7B3

#16A7B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.110 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A7B3
RGB	rgb(22, 167, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -30.31, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 34.36, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.1005 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.11 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2826, 31.0598, 47.4598)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A7B3 #B32216

analogous

#16B371 #16A7B3 #1659B3

triadic

#16A7B3 #B316A7 #A7B316

tetradic

#16A7B3 #7116B3 #B32216 #59B316

square

#16A7B3 #7116B3 #B32216 #59B316

split-complementary

#16A7B3 #B31659 #B37116

monochromatic

#094146 #0F747C #16A7B3 #22D5E4 #59DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#16A7B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#16A7B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A7B3

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A7B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A7B3	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8591B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 167, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.110 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c1c9',
    500: '#16a7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a7b3;
$custom-light: #76c1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.586,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66559,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A7B3

secondary

#CE6057

accent

#4233F5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A7B3

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

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