#16A038#16A038

#16A038 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.181 H 146.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A038
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(135, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(135, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -55.85, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 70.70, 142.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.1502 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.181 146.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6144, 25.5960, 7.9636)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16A038 #A0167E

analogous

#39A016 #16A038 #16A07D

triadic

#16A038 #3816A0 #A03816

tetradic

#16A038 #1639A0 #A0167E #A07D16

square

#16A038 #1639A0 #A0167E #A07D16

split-complementary

#16A038 #7D16A0 #A01639

monochromatic

#073412 #0F6A25 #16A038 #1DD64B #4AE671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#16A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#16A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A038

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A038	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.181 146.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bd73',
    500: '#16a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a038;
$custom-light: #71bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.783,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61652,
    "c": 0.18102,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A038

secondary

#C84AA9

accent

#35C4F2

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091208

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A038

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

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