#16A087#16A087

#16A087 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.114 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A087
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 15.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -40.19, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 40.33, 175.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.1141 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.114 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2725, 27.0592, 27.2296)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A087 #A0162F

analogous

#16A042 #16A087 #1674A0

triadic

#16A087 #8716A0 #A08716

tetradic

#16A087 #4216A0 #A0162F #74A016

square

#16A087 #4216A0 #A0162F #74A016

split-complementary

#16A087 #A01674 #A04216

monochromatic

#07342C #0F6A5A #16A087 #1DD6B4 #4AE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#16A087 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#16A087 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A087

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A087	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A087	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)

#9A9586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a087;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.114 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda9',
    500: '#16a087',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a087;
$custom-light: #71bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a087",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.13,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63242,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A087

secondary

#C84A61

accent

#3558F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A087

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

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