#16A085#16A085

#16A085 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A085
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 16.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -40.73, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 40.97, 173.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.1151 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.116 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1331, 27.0034, 26.4949)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A085 #A01631

analogous

#16A040 #16A085 #1676A0

triadic

#16A085 #8516A0 #A08516

tetradic

#16A085 #4016A0 #A01631 #76A016

square

#16A085 #4016A0 #A01631 #76A016

split-complementary

#16A085 #A01676 #A04016

monochromatic

#07342C #0F6A58 #16A085 #1DD6B2 #4AE6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#16A085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#16A085 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A085

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A085	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda8',
    500: '#16a085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a085;
$custom-light: #71bda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63182,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A085

secondary

#C84A63

accent

#355AF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A085

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

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