#16A079#16A079

#16A079 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.124 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A079
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 24.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -43.85, 10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 45.14, 166.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.121 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.124 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3509, 26.6906, 22.3755)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A079 #A0163D

analogous

#16A034 #16A079 #1682A0

triadic

#16A079 #7916A0 #A07916

tetradic

#16A079 #3416A0 #A0163D #82A016

square

#16A079 #3416A0 #A0163D #82A016

split-complementary

#16A079 #A01682 #A03416

monochromatic

#073428 #0F6A50 #16A079 #1DD6A2 #4AE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#16A079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#16A079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A079

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A079	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.124 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bd9f',
    500: '#16a079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a079;
$custom-light: #70bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.043,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62847,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A079

secondary

#C84A6E

accent

#356BF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A079

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

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