#16A072#16A072

#16A072 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.130 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A072
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 114)
HSL	hsl(160, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(160, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 28.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -45.54, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 47.78, 162.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.1245 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.13 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9371, 26.5250, 20.1962)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A072 #A01644

analogous

#16A02D #16A072 #1689A0

triadic

#16A072 #7216A0 #A07216

tetradic

#16A072 #2D16A0 #A01644 #89A016

square

#16A072 #2D16A0 #A01644 #89A016

split-complementary

#16A072 #A01689 #A02D16

monochromatic

#073425 #0F6A4C #16A072 #1DD698 #4AE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#16A072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#16A072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A072

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A072	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D946F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.130 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9a',
    500: '#16a072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a072;
$custom-light: #70bd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62669,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A072

secondary

#C84A74

accent

#3574F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A072

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

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