#16994E#16994E

#16994E is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.154 H 151.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16994E
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(146, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(146, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -50.31, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 58.64, 149.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.1349 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.154 151.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0961, 23.5014, 11.0523)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16994E #991661

analogous

#209916 #16994E #169990

triadic

#16994E #4E1699 #994E16

tetradic

#16994E #162099 #991661 #999016

square

#16994E #162099 #991661 #999016

split-complementary

#16994E #901699 #991620

monochromatic

#072E17 #0E6333 #16994E #1ECF69 #45E489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#16994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#16994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16994E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16994E	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.154 151.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb881',
    500: '#16994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16994e;
$custom-light: #6eb881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.649,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60021,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 151.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16994E

secondary

#C5468F

accent

#36A1F1

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF6EE

border

#C8D0C9

text

#09110A

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16994E

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

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