#16A056#16A056

#16A056 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.155 H 152.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A056
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 86)
HSL	hsl(148, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(148, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 46.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -51.40, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 59.02, 150.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.1379 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.155 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5800, 25.9822, 13.0489)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A056 #A01660

analogous

#1BA016 #16A056 #16A09B

triadic

#16A056 #5616A0 #A05616

tetradic

#16A056 #161BA0 #A01660 #A09B16

square

#16A056 #161BA0 #A01660 #A09B16

split-complementary

#16A056 #9B16A0 #A0161B

monochromatic

#07341C #0F6A39 #16A056 #1DD673 #4AE693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#16A056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#16A056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A056

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A056	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91875B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.155 152.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd87',
    500: '#16a056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a056;
$custom-light: #6fbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.826,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62078,
    "c": 0.15526,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A056

secondary

#C84A8D

accent

#359BF2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A056

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

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