#16A07B#16A07B

#16A07B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.123 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A07B
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 123)
HSL	hsl(164, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(164, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 23.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -43.34, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 44.41, 167.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.12 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.123 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4748, 26.7401, 23.0281)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A07B #A0163B

analogous

#16A036 #16A07B #1680A0

triadic

#16A07B #7B16A0 #A07B16

tetradic

#16A07B #3616A0 #A0163B #80A016

square

#16A07B #3616A0 #A0163B #80A016

split-complementary

#16A07B #A01680 #A03616

monochromatic

#073428 #0F6A52 #16A07B #1DD6A4 #4AE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#16A07B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#16A07B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A07B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A07B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A07B	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a07b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.123 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda1',
    500: '#16a07b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a07b;
$custom-light: #70bda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a07b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.913,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62901,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A07B

secondary

#C84A6C

accent

#3568F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A07B

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

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