#16A138#16A138

#16A138 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.182 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A138
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(135, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(135, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -56.17, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 71.18, 142.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.1511 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.182 146)
XYZ	xyz(13.7885, 25.9441, 8.0216)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A138 #A1167F

analogous

#3AA116 #16A138 #16A17D

triadic

#16A138 #3816A1 #A13816

tetradic

#16A138 #163AA1 #A1167F #A17D16

square

#16A138 #163AA1 #A1167F #A17D16

split-complementary

#16A138 #7D16A1 #A1163A

monochromatic

#073513 #0F6B25 #16A138 #1DD74B #4BE671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#16A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#16A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A138

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A138	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.182 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71be73',
    500: '#16a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a138;
$custom-light: #71be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.676,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61929,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.25946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A138

secondary

#C84BA9

accent

#35C4F3

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091208

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A138

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

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