#16A05C#16A05C

#16A05C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.150 H 154.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A05C
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 92)
HSL	hsl(150, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(150, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 42.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -50.28, 25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 56.58, 152.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.1351 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.15 154.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8320, 26.0830, 14.3759)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A05C #A0165A

analogous

#16A017 #16A05C #169FA0

triadic

#16A05C #5C16A0 #A05C16

tetradic

#16A05C #1716A0 #A0165A #9FA016

square

#16A05C #1716A0 #A0165A #9FA016

split-complementary

#16A05C #A0169F #A01716

monochromatic

#07341E #0F6A3D #16A05C #1DD67B #4AE699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#16A05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#16A05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A05C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A05C	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.150 154.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd8b',
    500: '#16a05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a05c;
$custom-light: #6fbd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62188,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 154.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A05C

secondary

#C84A88

accent

#3593F2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A05C

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

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