#16B7C9#16B7C9

#16B7C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B7C9
RGB	rgb(22, 183, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -31.05, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.84, 212.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1061 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.12 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8022, 38.2509, 61.1648)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B7C9 #C92816

analogous

#16C981 #16B7C9 #165DC9

triadic

#16B7C9 #C916B7 #B7C916

tetradic

#16B7C9 #8116C9 #C92816 #5DC916

square

#16B7C9 #8116C9 #C92816 #5DC916

split-complementary

#16B7C9 #C9165D #C98116

monochromatic

#0A535B #108592 #16B7C9 #33D6E9 #6BE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#16B7C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#16B7C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B7C9

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B7C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B7C9	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b7c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 183, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bcdd9',
    500: '#16b7c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b7c9;
$custom-light: #7bcdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b7c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.034,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B7C9

secondary

#D47267

accent

#4531F7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B7C9

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

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