#16A062#16A062

#16A062 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.144 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A062
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 98)
HSL	hsl(153, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(153, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 38.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -49.08, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 54.13, 155.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.1323 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.144 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1047, 26.1921, 15.8124)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A062 #A01654

analogous

#16A01D #16A062 #1699A0

triadic

#16A062 #6216A0 #A06216

tetradic

#16A062 #1D16A0 #A01654 #99A016

square

#16A062 #1D16A0 #A01654 #99A016

split-complementary

#16A062 #A01699 #A01D16

monochromatic

#073420 #0F6A41 #16A062 #1DD683 #4AE6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#16A062 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#16A062 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A062

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A062	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A062	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)

#9F925E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a062;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.144 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd8f',
    500: '#16a062',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a062;
$custom-light: #6fbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a062",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.043,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62307,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A062

secondary

#C84A83

accent

#358AF2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A062

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

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