#16A061#16A061

#16A061 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.145 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A061
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 97)
HSL	hsl(153, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(153, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 39.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -49.28, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 54.54, 154.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.1328 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.145 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0578, 26.1733, 15.5653)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A061 #A01655

analogous

#16A01C #16A061 #169AA0

triadic

#16A061 #6116A0 #A06116

tetradic

#16A061 #1C16A0 #A01655 #9AA016

square

#16A061 #1C16A0 #A01655 #9AA016

split-complementary

#16A061 #A0169A #A01C16

monochromatic

#073420 #0F6A40 #16A061 #1DD682 #4AE69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#16A061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#16A061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A061

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A061	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F925D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.145 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd8e',
    500: '#16a061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a061;
$custom-light: #6fbd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.609,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62287,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A061

secondary

#C84A83

accent

#358CF2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A061

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

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