#16A8B4#16A8B4

#16A8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.111 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A8B4
RGB	rgb(22, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -30.48, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 34.53, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.101 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.111 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5680, 31.4682, 48.0557)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A8B4 #B42216

analogous

#16B471 #16A8B4 #1659B4

triadic

#16A8B4 #B416A8 #A8B416

tetradic

#16A8B4 #7116B4 #B42216 #59B416

square

#16A8B4 #7116B4 #B42216 #59B416

split-complementary

#16A8B4 #B41659 #B47116

monochromatic

#094247 #0F757D #16A8B4 #23D5E4 #5AE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#16A8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#16A8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16A8B4

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A8B4	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)

#99A1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8592B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.111 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c2ca',
    500: '#16a8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a8b4;
$custom-light: #77c2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.557,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66848,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A8B4

secondary

#CE6158

accent

#4233F5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A8B4

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

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