#16A076#16A076

#16A076 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A076
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 118)
HSL	hsl(162, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(162, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 26.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -44.58, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 46.26, 164.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.1225 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.126 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1698, 26.6181, 21.4216)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16A076 #A01640

analogous

#16A031 #16A076 #1685A0

triadic

#16A076 #7616A0 #A07616

tetradic

#16A076 #3116A0 #A01640 #85A016

square

#16A076 #3116A0 #A01640 #85A016

split-complementary

#16A076 #A01685 #A03116

monochromatic

#073427 #0F6A4E #16A076 #1DD69E #4AE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A076 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#16A076 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A076

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A076	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A076	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)

#9C9474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a076;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9d',
    500: '#16a076',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a076;
$custom-light: #70bd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a076",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62769,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A076

secondary

#C84A70

accent

#356FF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A076

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

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