#16A12E#16A12E

#16A12E is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.189 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A12E
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(130, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(130, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 71.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -57.22, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 74.58, 140.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.1543 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.189 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5679, 25.8559, 6.8598)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A12E #A11689

analogous

#43A116 #16A12E #16A173

triadic

#16A12E #2E16A1 #A12E16

tetradic

#16A12E #1643A1 #A11689 #A17316

square

#16A12E #1643A1 #A11689 #A17316

split-complementary

#16A12E #7316A1 #A11643

monochromatic

#07350F #0F6B1F #16A12E #1DD73D #4BE666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#16A12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#16A12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A12E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A12E	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4911C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.189 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71be6d',
    500: '#16a12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a12e;
$custom-light: #71be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.36,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61832,
    "c": 0.18914,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A12E

secondary

#C84BB2

accent

#35D2F3

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EEF7EC

border

#C9D0C7

text

#091207

muted

#7B817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A12E

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

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