#16B2C9#16B2C9

#16B2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B2C9
RGB	rgb(22, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -28.60, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 36.17, 217.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.1015 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.119 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7892, 36.2249, 60.8272)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B2C9 #C92D16

analogous

#16C986 #16B2C9 #1659C9

triadic

#16B2C9 #C916B2 #B2C916

tetradic

#16B2C9 #8616C9 #C92D16 #59C916

square

#16B2C9 #8616C9 #C92D16 #59C916

split-complementary

#16B2C9 #C91659 #C98616

monochromatic

#0A505B #108192 #16B2C9 #33D1E9 #6BDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#16B2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#16B2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B2C9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B2C9	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ABCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc9d9',
    500: '#16b2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b2c9;
$custom-light: #7bc9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.709,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70161,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B2C9

secondary

#D47567

accent

#4A31F7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B2C9

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

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