#16A8B3#16A8B3

#16A8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A8B3
RGB	rgb(22, 168, 179)
HSL	hsl(184, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -30.79, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 34.58, 207.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.1015 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4665, 31.4276, 47.5211)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A8B3 #B32116

analogous

#16B370 #16A8B3 #165AB3

triadic

#16A8B3 #B316A8 #A8B316

tetradic

#16A8B3 #7016B3 #B32116 #5AB316

square

#16A8B3 #7016B3 #B32116 #5AB316

split-complementary

#16A8B3 #B3165A #B37016

monochromatic

#094246 #0F757C #16A8B3 #22D6E4 #59E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#16A8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#16A8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A8B3

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A8B3	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 168, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c2c9',
    500: '#16a8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a8b3;
$custom-light: #76c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.204,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66809,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A8B3

secondary

#CE5F57

accent

#4133F5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A8B3

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

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