#16A069#16A069

#16A069 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.138 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A069
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 105)
HSL	hsl(156, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(156, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 34.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -47.59, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 51.31, 158.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.1289 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.138 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4498, 26.3301, 17.6298)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A069 #A0164D

analogous

#16A024 #16A069 #1692A0

triadic

#16A069 #6916A0 #A06916

tetradic

#16A069 #2416A0 #A0164D #92A016

square

#16A069 #2416A0 #A0164D #92A016

split-complementary

#16A069 #A01692 #A02416

monochromatic

#073422 #0F6A46 #16A069 #1DD68C #4AE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#16A069 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#16A069 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A069

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A069	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A069	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F886D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a069;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.138 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd94',
    500: '#16a069',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a069;
$custom-light: #6fbd94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a069",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.087,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62458,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A069

secondary

#C84A7C

accent

#3581F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A069

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

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