#16A081#16A081

#16A081 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A081
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 129)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 19.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -41.80, 6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 42.30, 171.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.117 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.118 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8620, 26.8950, 25.0672)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A081 #A01635

analogous

#16A03C #16A081 #167AA0

triadic

#16A081 #8116A0 #A08116

tetradic

#16A081 #3C16A0 #A01635 #7AA016

square

#16A081 #3C16A0 #A01635 #7AA016

split-complementary

#16A081 #A0167A #A03C16

monochromatic

#07342A #0F6A56 #16A081 #1DD6AC #4AE6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#16A081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#16A081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A081

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A081	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B957F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda5',
    500: '#16a081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a081;
$custom-light: #70bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.522,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63067,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A081

secondary

#C84A66

accent

#3560F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A081

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

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