#16A08B#16A08B

#16A08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.112 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A08B
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 13.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -39.09, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 39.11, 178.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.1122 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.112 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5595, 27.1740, 28.7407)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A08B #A0162B

analogous

#16A046 #16A08B #1670A0

triadic

#16A08B #8B16A0 #A08B16

tetradic

#16A08B #4616A0 #A0162B #70A016

square

#16A08B #4616A0 #A0162B #70A016

split-complementary

#16A08B #A01670 #A04616

monochromatic

#07342E #0F6A5C #16A08B #1DD6BA #4AE6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#16A08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#16A08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A08B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A08B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.112 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdac',
    500: '#16a08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a08b;
$custom-light: #71bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A08B

secondary

#C84A5D

accent

#3552F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A08B

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

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