#16A045#16A045

#16A045 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.171 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A045
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(140, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(140, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -54.16, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 65.82, 145.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.1453 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.171 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9747, 25.7401, 9.8609)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A045 #A01671

analogous

#2CA016 #16A045 #16A08A

triadic

#16A045 #4516A0 #A04516

tetradic

#16A045 #162CA0 #A01671 #A08A16

square

#16A045 #162CA0 #A01671 #A08A16

split-complementary

#16A045 #8A16A0 #A0162C

monochromatic

#073417 #0F6A2E #16A045 #1DD65C #4AE67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#16A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#16A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A045

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A045	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.171 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd7b',
    500: '#16a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a045;
$custom-light: #70bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61812,
    "c": 0.17054,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A045

secondary

#C84A9D

accent

#35B2F2

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7EE

border

#C8D0C9

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A045

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

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