#16A083#16A083

#16A083 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A083
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 131)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 18.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -41.27, 5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 41.63, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.1161 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.117 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9962, 26.9487, 25.7742)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A083 #A01633

analogous

#16A03E #16A083 #1678A0

triadic

#16A083 #8316A0 #A08316

tetradic

#16A083 #3E16A0 #A01633 #78A016

square

#16A083 #3E16A0 #A01633 #78A016

split-complementary

#16A083 #A01678 #A03E16

monochromatic

#07342B #0F6A57 #16A083 #1DD6AF #4AE6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#16A083 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#16A083 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A083

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A083	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A083	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a083;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bda7',
    500: '#16a083',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a083;
$custom-light: #70bda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a083",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63124,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A083

secondary

#C84A65

accent

#355DF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A083

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

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