#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
RGBrgb(22, 160, 116)
HSLhsl(161, 76%, 36%)
HSVhsv(161, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(86.3%, 0%, 27.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.58, -45.07, 13.39)
CIE-LCHlch(58.58, 47.01, 163.46°)
OKLaboklab(62.72% -0.1235 0.0341)
OKLCHoklch(62.72% 0.128 164.6)
XYZxyz(16.0522, 26.5711, 20.8023)
Luminance0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16A0741.003.336.316.31
#FFFFFF3.331.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3121.001.001.00
##0000006.3121.001.001.00

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

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#16A074 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva