#16A060#16A060

#16A060 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.146 H 155.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A060
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 96)
HSL	hsl(152, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(152, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 40%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -49.49, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 54.95, 154.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.1332 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.146 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0115, 26.1548, 15.3213)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A060 #A01656

analogous

#16A01B #16A060 #169BA0

triadic

#16A060 #6016A0 #A06016

tetradic

#16A060 #1B16A0 #A01656 #9BA016

square

#16A060 #1B16A0 #A01656 #9BA016

split-complementary

#16A060 #A0169B #A01B16

monochromatic

#07341F #0F6A40 #16A060 #1DD680 #4AE69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#16A060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#16A060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A060

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A060	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F925C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.146 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd8d',
    500: '#16a060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a060;
$custom-light: #6fbd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.174,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62267,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A060

secondary

#C84A84

accent

#358DF2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A060

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

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