#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
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -29.59, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 36.41, 215.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.1033 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.119 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1901, 37.0266, 60.9608)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##16B4C9	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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