#16A040#16A040

#16A040 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.175 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A040
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(138, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(138, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -54.85, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 67.74, 144.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.1473 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.175 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8260, 25.6806, 9.0777)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A040 #A01676

analogous

#31A016 #16A040 #16A085

triadic

#16A040 #4016A0 #A04016

tetradic

#16A040 #1631A0 #A01676 #A08516

square

#16A040 #1631A0 #A01676 #A08516

split-complementary

#16A040 #8516A0 #A01631

monochromatic

#073415 #0F6A2A #16A040 #1DD656 #4AE67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#16A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#16A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A040

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A040	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.175 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd78',
    500: '#16a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a040;
$custom-light: #70bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61746,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A040

secondary

#C84AA1

accent

#35B9F2

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A040

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

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