#16A043#16A043

#16A043 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.172 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A043
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(140, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(140, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 58.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -54.44, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 66.60, 144.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.1461 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.172 148)
XYZ	xyz(13.9137, 25.7157, 9.5394)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A043 #A01673

analogous

#2EA016 #16A043 #16A088

triadic

#16A043 #4316A0 #A04316

tetradic

#16A043 #162EA0 #A01673 #A08816

square

#16A043 #162EA0 #A01673 #A08816

split-complementary

#16A043 #8816A0 #A0162E

monochromatic

#073416 #0F6A2C #16A043 #1DD65A #4AE67D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#16A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#16A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A043

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A043	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)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.172 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd7a',
    500: '#16a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a043;
$custom-light: #70bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.565,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61785,
    "c": 0.17223,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.25717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A043

secondary

#C84A9F

accent

#35B5F2

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7EE

border

#C8D0C9

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A043

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

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