#16A042#16A042

#16A042 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.173 H 147.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A042
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(139, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(139, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -54.58, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 66.98, 144.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.1465 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.173 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8839, 25.7038, 9.3828)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A042 #A01674

analogous

#2FA016 #16A042 #16A087

triadic

#16A042 #4216A0 #A04216

tetradic

#16A042 #162FA0 #A01674 #A08716

square

#16A042 #162FA0 #A01674 #A08716

split-complementary

#16A042 #8716A0 #A0162F

monochromatic

#073416 #0F6A2C #16A042 #1DD658 #4AE67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#16A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#16A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A042

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A042	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)

#A29139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.173 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd79',
    500: '#16a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a042;
$custom-light: #70bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.13,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61771,
    "c": 0.17308,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A042

secondary

#C84AA0

accent

#35B6F2

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A042

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

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