#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
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 91)
HSL	hsl(150, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(150, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 43.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -50.47, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 56.98, 152.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.1356 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.151 154.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7886, 26.0656, 14.1472)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##16A05B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16A05B

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

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