#16A06D#16A06D

#16A06D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.134 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A06D
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 109)
HSL	hsl(158, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(158, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 31.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -46.70, 17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 49.73, 159.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.1269 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.134 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6602, 26.4143, 18.7381)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A06D #A01649

analogous

#16A028 #16A06D #168EA0

triadic

#16A06D #6D16A0 #A06D16

tetradic

#16A06D #2816A0 #A01649 #8EA016

square

#16A06D #2816A0 #A01649 #8EA016

split-complementary

#16A06D #A0168E #A02816

monochromatic

#073424 #0F6A48 #16A06D #1DD692 #4AE6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#16A06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#16A06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A06D

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A06D	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)

#9E936A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.134 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbd97',
    500: '#16a06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a06d;
$custom-light: #6fbd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.826,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A06D

secondary

#C84A79

accent

#357BF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A06D

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

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