#16A078#16A078

#16A078 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.125 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A078
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 120)
HSL	hsl(163, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 25%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -44.09, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 45.51, 165.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.1215 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.125 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2899, 26.6662, 22.0542)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A078 #A0163E

analogous

#16A033 #16A078 #1683A0

triadic

#16A078 #7816A0 #A07816

tetradic

#16A078 #3316A0 #A0163E #83A016

square

#16A078 #3316A0 #A0163E #83A016

split-complementary

#16A078 #A01683 #A03316

monochromatic

#073427 #0F6A50 #16A078 #1DD6A0 #4AE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#16A078 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A078

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A078	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)

#9C9476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.125 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9f',
    500: '#16a078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a078;
$custom-light: #70bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.609,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62821,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A078

secondary

#C84A6F

accent

#356CF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A078

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

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