#16A057#16A057

#16A057 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.154 H 153.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A057
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 87)
HSL	hsl(148, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(148, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 45.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -51.21, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 58.61, 150.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.1375 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.154 153)
XYZ	xyz(14.6206, 25.9984, 13.2626)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A057 #A0165F

analogous

#1AA016 #16A057 #16A09C

triadic

#16A057 #5716A0 #A05716

tetradic

#16A057 #161AA0 #A0165F #A09C16

square

#16A057 #161AA0 #A0165F #A09C16

split-complementary

#16A057 #9C16A0 #A0161A

monochromatic

#07341C #0F6A3A #16A057 #1DD674 #4AE694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#16A057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#16A057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A057

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A057	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)

#A09251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91875C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.154 153.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd87',
    500: '#16a057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a057;
$custom-light: #6fbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62096,
    "c": 0.15433,
    "h": 153
  },
  "luminance": 0.26
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A057

secondary

#C84A8D

accent

#3599F2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A057

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

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