#16A080#16A080

#16A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A080
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -42.06, 7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 42.65, 170.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.1175 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.119 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7958, 26.8685, 24.7188)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A080 #A01636

analogous

#16A03B #16A080 #167BA0

triadic

#16A080 #8016A0 #A08016

tetradic

#16A080 #3B16A0 #A01636 #7BA016

square

#16A080 #3B16A0 #A01636 #7BA016

split-complementary

#16A080 #A0167B #A03B16

monochromatic

#07342A #0F6A55 #16A080 #1DD6AB #4AE6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#16A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#16A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A080

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A080	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#9B957E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda4',
    500: '#16a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a080;
$custom-light: #70bda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.087,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63038,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A080

secondary

#C84A67

accent

#3561F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A080

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

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