#16A07F#16A07F

#16A07F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A07F
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 127)
HSL	hsl(166, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 20.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -42.32, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 42.99, 169.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.118 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.12 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7303, 26.8423, 24.3739)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A07F #A01637

analogous

#16A03A #16A07F #167CA0

triadic

#16A07F #7F16A0 #A07F16

tetradic

#16A07F #3A16A0 #A01637 #7CA016

square

#16A07F #3A16A0 #A01637 #7CA016

split-complementary

#16A07F #A0167C #A03A16

monochromatic

#07342A #0F6A54 #16A07F #1DD6AA #4AE6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#16A07F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#16A07F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A07F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A07F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A07F	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B957D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a07f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda4',
    500: '#16a07f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a07f;
$custom-light: #70bda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a07f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.652,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6301,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A07F

secondary

#C84A68

accent

#3563F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A07F

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

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