#16A137#16A137

#16A137 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.183 H 145.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A137
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(134, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(134, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -56.29, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 71.54, 141.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.1514 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.183 145.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7643, 25.9344, 7.8941)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A137 #A11680

analogous

#3AA116 #16A137 #16A17C

triadic

#16A137 #3716A1 #A13716

tetradic

#16A137 #163AA1 #A11680 #A17C16

square

#16A137 #163AA1 #A11680 #A17C16

split-complementary

#16A137 #7C16A1 #A1163A

monochromatic

#073512 #0F6B25 #16A137 #1DD749 #4BE670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#16A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#16A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A137

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A137	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.183 145.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71be72',
    500: '#16a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a137;
$custom-light: #71be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.245,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61918,
    "c": 0.18293,
    "h": 145.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A137

secondary

#C84BAA

accent

#35C6F3

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EEF7ED

border

#C9D0C8

text

#091208

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A137

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

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