#16A070#16A070

#16A070 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.131 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A070
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 112)
HSL	hsl(159, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(159, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 30%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -46.01, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 48.55, 161.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.1254 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.131 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8245, 26.4800, 19.6032)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16A070 #A01646

analogous

#16A02B #16A070 #168BA0

triadic

#16A070 #7016A0 #A07016

tetradic

#16A070 #2B16A0 #A01646 #8BA016

square

#16A070 #2B16A0 #A01646 #8BA016

split-complementary

#16A070 #A0168B #A02B16

monochromatic

#073425 #0F6A4A #16A070 #1DD696 #4AE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#16A070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#16A070 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A070

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A070	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D936D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.131 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd99',
    500: '#16a070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a070;
$custom-light: #70bd99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6262,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A070

secondary

#C84A76

accent

#3577F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A070

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

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