#16A088#16A088

#16A088 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.114 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A088
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 15%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -39.92, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 40.02, 175.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.1136 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.114 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3433, 27.0875, 27.6021)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A088 #A0162E

analogous

#16A043 #16A088 #1673A0

triadic

#16A088 #8816A0 #A08816

tetradic

#16A088 #4316A0 #A0162E #73A016

square

#16A088 #4316A0 #A0162E #73A016

split-complementary

#16A088 #A01673 #A04316

monochromatic

#07342D #0F6A5A #16A088 #1DD6B6 #4AE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#16A088 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#16A088 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A088

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A088	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A088	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a088;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.114 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdaa',
    500: '#16a088',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a088;
$custom-light: #71bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a088",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63272,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A088

secondary

#C84A60

accent

#3556F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A088

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

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