#16A07E#16A07E

#16A07E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A07E
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(165, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 21.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -42.58, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 43.34, 169.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.1185 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.12 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6655, 26.8164, 24.0323)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A07E #A01638

analogous

#16A039 #16A07E #167DA0

triadic

#16A07E #7E16A0 #A07E16

tetradic

#16A07E #3916A0 #A01638 #7DA016

square

#16A07E #3916A0 #A01638 #7DA016

split-complementary

#16A07E #A0167D #A03916

monochromatic

#073429 #0F6A54 #16A07E #1DD6A8 #4AE6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#16A07E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#16A07E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A07E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A07E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A07E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B947C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a07e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda3',
    500: '#16a07e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a07e;
$custom-light: #70bda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a07e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.217,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62982,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A07E

secondary

#C84A69

accent

#3564F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A07E

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

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