#16A086#16A086

#16A086 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.115 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A086
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 134)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 16.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -40.46, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 40.65, 174.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.1146 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.115 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2025, 27.0312, 26.8605)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A086 #A01630

analogous

#16A041 #16A086 #1675A0

triadic

#16A086 #8616A0 #A08616

tetradic

#16A086 #4116A0 #A01630 #75A016

square

#16A086 #4116A0 #A01630 #75A016

split-complementary

#16A086 #A01675 #A04116

monochromatic

#07342C #0F6A59 #16A086 #1DD6B3 #4AE6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#16A086 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#16A086 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A086

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A086	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A086	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a086;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.115 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda9',
    500: '#16a086',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a086;
$custom-light: #71bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a086",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.696,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63212,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A086

secondary

#C84A62

accent

#3559F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A086

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

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