#16A077#16A077

#16A077 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A077
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 119)
HSL	hsl(162, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(162, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 25.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -44.34, 11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 45.88, 165.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.122 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.126 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2295, 26.6420, 21.7362)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A077 #A0163F

analogous

#16A032 #16A077 #1684A0

triadic

#16A077 #7716A0 #A07716

tetradic

#16A077 #3216A0 #A0163F #84A016

square

#16A077 #3216A0 #A0163F #84A016

split-complementary

#16A077 #A01684 #A03216

monochromatic

#073427 #0F6A4F #16A077 #1DD69F #4AE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A077 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#16A077 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A077

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A077	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A077	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a077;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9e',
    500: '#16a077',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a077;
$custom-light: #70bd9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a077",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.174,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62795,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A077

secondary

#C84A6F

accent

#356EF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A077

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

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