#16A05E#16A05E

#16A05E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.148 H 155.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A05E
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 94)
HSL	hsl(151, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(151, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 41.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -49.89, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 55.76, 153.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.1342 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.148 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9206, 26.1184, 14.8425)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A05E #A01658

analogous

#16A019 #16A05E #169DA0

triadic

#16A05E #5E16A0 #A05E16

tetradic

#16A05E #1916A0 #A01658 #9DA016

square

#16A05E #1916A0 #A01658 #9DA016

split-complementary

#16A05E #A0169D #A01916

monochromatic

#07341F #0F6A3E #16A05E #1DD67E #4AE69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#16A05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#16A05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A05E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A05E	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#9F9259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.148 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd8c',
    500: '#16a05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a05e;
$custom-light: #6fbd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.304,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A05E

secondary

#C84A86

accent

#3590F2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A05E

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

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