#16B4C9#16B4C9

#16B4C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16B4C9
RGBrgb(22, 180, 201)
HSLhsl(187, 80%, 44%)
HSVhsv(187, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.30, -29.59, -21.22)
CIE-LCHlch(67.30, 36.41, 215.65°)
OKLaboklab(70.65% -0.1033 -0.0592)
OKLCHoklch(70.65% 0.119 209.8)
XYZxyz(27.1901, 37.0266, 60.9608)
Luminance0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16B4C9 #C92B16
analogous
#16C984 #16B4C9 #165AC9
triadic
#16B4C9 #C916B4 #B4C916
tetradic
#16B4C9 #8416C9 #C92B16 #5AC916
square
#16B4C9 #8416C9 #C92B16 #5AC916
split-complementary
#16B4C9 #C9165A #C98416
monochromatic
#0A515B #108392 #16B4C9 #33D3E9 #6BDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#16B4C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41
#16B4C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B4C9
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16B4C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16B4C91.002.508.418.41
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4121.001.001.00
##0000008.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2ADCA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C9DC9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16b4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 209.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bcbd9',
    500: '#16b4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16b4c9;
$custom-light: #7bcbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16b4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.039,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16B4C9
secondary
#D47367
accent
#4831F7
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0B1314
muted
#7C8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B4C9

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#16B4C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva