#16A06C#16A06C

#16A06C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.135 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A06C
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 108)
HSL	hsl(157, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(157, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 32.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -46.93, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 50.12, 159.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.1274 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.135 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6067, 26.3929, 18.4562)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A06C #A0164A

analogous

#16A027 #16A06C #168FA0

triadic

#16A06C #6C16A0 #A06C16

tetradic

#16A06C #2716A0 #A0164A #8FA016

square

#16A06C #2716A0 #A0164A #8FA016

split-complementary

#16A06C #A0168F #A02716

monochromatic

#073423 #0F6A48 #16A06C #1DD690 #4AE6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#16A06C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#16A06C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A06C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A06C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A06C	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E886F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a06c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.135 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd96',
    500: '#16a06c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a06c;
$custom-light: #6fbd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a06c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A06C

secondary

#C84A79

accent

#357DF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A06C

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

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