#16A7B4#16A7B4

#16A7B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.110 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A7B4
RGB	rgb(22, 167, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -29.99, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 34.33, 209.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.1001 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.11 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3841, 31.1004, 47.9944)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A7B4 #B42316

analogous

#16B472 #16A7B4 #1658B4

triadic

#16A7B4 #B416A7 #A7B416

tetradic

#16A7B4 #7216B4 #B42316 #58B416

square

#16A7B4 #7216B4 #B42316 #58B416

split-complementary

#16A7B4 #B41658 #B47216

monochromatic

#094247 #0F747D #16A7B4 #23D4E4 #5ADFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#16A7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#16A7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A7B4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A7B4	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 167, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.110 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c1ca',
    500: '#16a7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a7b4;
$custom-light: #76c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.937,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66598,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A7B4

secondary

#CE6158

accent

#4333F5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A7B4

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

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