#16A073#16A073

#16A073 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.129 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A073
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 115)
HSL	hsl(160, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(160, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 28.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -45.31, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 47.40, 162.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.124 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.129 164)
XYZ	xyz(15.9943, 26.5479, 20.4976)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A073 #A01643

analogous

#16A02E #16A073 #1688A0

triadic

#16A073 #7316A0 #A07316

tetradic

#16A073 #2E16A0 #A01643 #88A016

square

#16A073 #2E16A0 #A01643 #88A016

split-complementary

#16A073 #A01688 #A02E16

monochromatic

#073426 #0F6A4C #16A073 #1DD69A #4AE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#16A073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#16A073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A073

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A073	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)

#9D9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.129 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9b',
    500: '#16a073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a073;
$custom-light: #70bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62694,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.2655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A073

secondary

#C84A73

accent

#3573F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A073

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

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