#16A0A0#16A0A0

#16A0A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.106 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A0A0
RGB	rgb(22, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -32.91, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 34.32, 196.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.1023 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.106 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2439, 27.8477, 37.6118)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A0A0 #A01616

analogous

#16A05B #16A0A0 #165BA0

triadic

#16A0A0 #A016A0 #A0A016

tetradic

#16A0A0 #5B16A0 #A01616 #5BA016

square

#16A0A0 #5B16A0 #A01616 #5BA016

split-complementary

#16A0A0 #A0165B #A05B16

monochromatic

#073434 #0F6A6A #16A0A0 #1DD6D6 #4AE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#16A0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#16A0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A0A0

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A0A0	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9598A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.106 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbc',
    500: '#16a0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a0a0;
$custom-light: #73bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A0A0

secondary

#C84A4A

accent

#3535F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A0A0

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

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