#16A082#16A082

#16A082 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A082
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 130)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -41.53, 5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 41.96, 171.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.1166 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.118 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9288, 26.9217, 25.4189)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A082 #A01634

analogous

#16A03D #16A082 #1679A0

triadic

#16A082 #8216A0 #A08216

tetradic

#16A082 #3D16A0 #A01634 #79A016

square

#16A082 #3D16A0 #A01634 #79A016

split-complementary

#16A082 #A01679 #A03D16

monochromatic

#07342B #0F6A56 #16A082 #1DD6AE #4AE6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#16A082 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#16A082 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A082

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A082	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A082	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)

#9B9581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a082;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda6',
    500: '#16a082',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a082;
$custom-light: #70bda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a082",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63095,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A082

secondary

#C84A65

accent

#355EF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A082

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

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