#16A074#16A074

#16A074 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.128 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A074
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 116)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 27.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -45.07, 13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 47.01, 163.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1235 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.128 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0522, 26.5711, 20.8023)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A074 #A01642

analogous

#16A02F #16A074 #1687A0

triadic

#16A074 #7416A0 #A07416

tetradic

#16A074 #2F16A0 #A01642 #87A016

square

#16A074 #2F16A0 #A01642 #87A016

split-complementary

#16A074 #A01687 #A02F16

monochromatic

#073426 #0F6A4D #16A074 #1DD69B #4AE6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#16A074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#16A074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A074

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A074	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)

#9D9472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.128 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9c',
    500: '#16a074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a074;
$custom-light: #70bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62719,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A074

secondary

#C84A72

accent

#3572F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A074

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

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