#16A09C#16A09C

#16A09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.106 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A09C
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -34.14, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 34.98, 192.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.1041 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.106 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8996, 27.7100, 35.7985)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A09C #A0161A

analogous

#16A057 #16A09C #165FA0

triadic

#16A09C #9C16A0 #A09C16

tetradic

#16A09C #5716A0 #A0161A #5FA016

square

#16A09C #5716A0 #A0161A #5FA016

split-complementary

#16A09C #A0165F #A05716

monochromatic

#073433 #0F6A68 #16A09C #1DD6D0 #4AE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#16A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#16A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A09C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A09C	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)

#96979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.106 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcb9',
    500: '#16a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a09c;
$custom-light: #73bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63927,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A09C

secondary

#C84A4E

accent

#353BF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A09C

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

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