#16A089#16A089

#16A089 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A089
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -39.64, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 39.71, 176.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1131 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.113 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4147, 27.1161, 27.9781)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A089 #A0162D

analogous

#16A044 #16A089 #1672A0

triadic

#16A089 #8916A0 #A08916

tetradic

#16A089 #4416A0 #A0162D #72A016

square

#16A089 #4416A0 #A0162D #72A016

split-complementary

#16A089 #A01672 #A04416

monochromatic

#07342D #0F6A5B #16A089 #1DD6B7 #4AE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#16A089 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#16A089 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A089

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A089	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A089	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)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a089;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdab',
    500: '#16a089',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a089;
$custom-light: #71bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a089",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63302,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A089

secondary

#C84A5F

accent

#3555F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A089

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

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