#16A09A#16A09A

#16A09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A09A
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 154)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -34.74, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 35.36, 190.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.105 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.107 190)
XYZ	xyz(18.7316, 27.6428, 34.9139)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A09A #A0161C

analogous

#16A055 #16A09A #1661A0

triadic

#16A09A #9A16A0 #A09A16

tetradic

#16A09A #5516A0 #A0161C #61A016

square

#16A09A #5516A0 #A0161C #61A016

split-complementary

#16A09A #A01661 #A05516

monochromatic

#073432 #0F6A66 #16A09A #1DD6CE #4AE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#16A09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#16A09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A09A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A09A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb7',
    500: '#16a09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a09a;
$custom-light: #72bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63857,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.27645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A09A

secondary

#C84A50

accent

#353EF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A09A

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

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