#16B3C9#16B3C9

#16B3C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B3C9
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -29.09, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 36.29, 216.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1024 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.119 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9889, 36.6243, 60.8937)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B3C9 #C92C16

analogous

#16C985 #16B3C9 #1659C9

triadic

#16B3C9 #C916B3 #B3C916

tetradic

#16B3C9 #8516C9 #C92C16 #59C916

square

#16B3C9 #8516C9 #C92C16 #59C916

split-complementary

#16B3C9 #C91659 #C98516

monochromatic

#0A515B #108292 #16B3C9 #33D2E9 #6BDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#16B3C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#16B3C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B3C9

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B3C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B3C9	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b3c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bcad9',
    500: '#16b3c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b3c9;
$custom-light: #7bcad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b3c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.374,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B3C9

secondary

#D47467

accent

#4931F7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B3C9

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

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