#16A055#16A055

#16A055 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.156 H 152.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A055
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 85)
HSL	hsl(147, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(147, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 46.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -51.58, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 59.43, 150.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.1384 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.156 152.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5400, 25.9662, 12.8382)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A055 #A01661

analogous

#1CA016 #16A055 #16A09A

triadic

#16A055 #5516A0 #A05516

tetradic

#16A055 #161CA0 #A01661 #A09A16

square

#16A055 #161CA0 #A01661 #A09A16

split-complementary

#16A055 #9A16A0 #A0161C

monochromatic

#07341C #0F6A38 #16A055 #1DD672 #4AE691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#16A055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#16A055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A055

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A055	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0924F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91875A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.156 152.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd86',
    500: '#16a055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a055;
$custom-light: #6fbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6206,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 152.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A055

secondary

#C84A8E

accent

#359CF2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A055

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

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