#16A08A#16A08A

#16A08A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A08A
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -39.37, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 39.41, 177.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.1126 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.113 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4867, 27.1449, 28.3577)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A08A #A0162C

analogous

#16A045 #16A08A #1671A0

triadic

#16A08A #8A16A0 #A08A16

tetradic

#16A08A #4516A0 #A0162C #71A016

square

#16A08A #4516A0 #A0162C #71A016

split-complementary

#16A08A #A01671 #A04516

monochromatic

#07342D #0F6A5C #16A08A #1DD6B8 #4AE6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#16A08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#16A08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A08A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A08A	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdac',
    500: '#16a08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a08a;
$custom-light: #71bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63333,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A08A

secondary

#C84A5E

accent

#3554F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A08A

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

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