#16A05B#16A05B

#16A05B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.151 H 154.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16A05B
RGBrgb(22, 160, 91)
HSLhsl(150, 76%, 36%)
HSVhsv(150, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(86.3%, 0%, 43.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.10, -50.47, 26.46)
CIE-LCHlch(58.10, 56.98, 152.33°)
OKLaboklab(62.17% -0.1356 0.0655)
OKLCHoklch(62.17% 0.151 154.2)
XYZxyz(14.7886, 26.0656, 14.1472)
Luminance0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16A05B #A0165B
analogous
#16A016 #16A05B #16A0A0
triadic
#16A05B #5B16A0 #A05B16
tetradic
#16A05B #1616A0 #A0165B #A0A016
square
#16A05B #1616A0 #A0165B #A0A016
split-complementary
#16A05B #A016A0 #A01616
monochromatic
#07341E #0F6A3C #16A05B #1DD67A #4AE698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38
#16A05B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21
#16A05B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A05B
6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16A05B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16A05B1.003.386.216.21
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2121.001.001.00
##0000006.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A09256
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#918760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16a05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.151 154.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd8a',
    500: '#16a05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16a05b;
$custom-light: #6fbd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16a05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62169,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 154.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16A05B
secondary
#C84A89
accent
#3594F2
background
#F7FBF8
surface
#EDF7F0
border
#C8D0CB
text
#09120C
muted
#7B817D

Preview Lab

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#16A05B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva