#16A09B#16A09B

#16A09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.106 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A09B
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -34.44, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 35.17, 191.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.1046 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.106 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8152, 27.6763, 35.3544)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A09B #A0161B

analogous

#16A056 #16A09B #1660A0

triadic

#16A09B #9B16A0 #A09B16

tetradic

#16A09B #5616A0 #A0161B #60A016

square

#16A09B #5616A0 #A0161B #60A016

split-complementary

#16A09B #A01660 #A05616

monochromatic

#073433 #0F6A67 #16A09B #1DD6CF #4AE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#16A09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#16A09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A09B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A09B	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.106 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb8',
    500: '#16a09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a09b;
$custom-light: #72bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.826,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63892,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A09B

secondary

#C84A4F

accent

#353CF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A09B

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

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