#16A075#16A075

#16A075 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.127 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A075
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 117)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 26.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -44.83, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 46.63, 163.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.123 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.127 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1107, 26.5945, 21.1103)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16A075 #A01641

analogous

#16A030 #16A075 #1686A0

triadic

#16A075 #7516A0 #A07516

tetradic

#16A075 #3016A0 #A01641 #86A016

square

#16A075 #3016A0 #A01641 #86A016

split-complementary

#16A075 #A01686 #A03016

monochromatic

#073426 #0F6A4E #16A075 #1DD69C #4AE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A075 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#16A075 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A075

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A075	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A075	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a075;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.127 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9c',
    500: '#16a075',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a075;
$custom-light: #70bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a075",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.304,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62744,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A075

secondary

#C84A71

accent

#3570F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A075

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

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