#16A063#16A063

#16A063 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.143 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A063
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 99)
HSL	hsl(153, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(153, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 38.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -48.87, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 53.73, 155.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.1318 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.143 157)
XYZ	xyz(15.1522, 26.2111, 16.0626)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A063 #A01653

analogous

#16A01E #16A063 #1698A0

triadic

#16A063 #6316A0 #A06316

tetradic

#16A063 #1E16A0 #A01653 #98A016

square

#16A063 #1E16A0 #A01653 #98A016

split-complementary

#16A063 #A01698 #A01E16

monochromatic

#073420 #0F6A42 #16A063 #1DD684 #4AE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#16A063 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#16A063 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A063

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A063	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A063	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#9F935F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a063;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.143 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd90',
    500: '#16a063',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a063;
$custom-light: #6fbd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a063",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.478,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.26213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A063

secondary

#C84A82

accent

#3589F2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A063

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

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