#16A140#16A140

#16A140 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.176 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A140
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(138, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(138, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -55.18, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 68.24, 143.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.1482 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.176 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0000, 26.0287, 9.1357)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A140 #A11677

analogous

#32A116 #16A140 #16A185

triadic

#16A140 #4016A1 #A14016

tetradic

#16A140 #1632A1 #A11677 #A18516

square

#16A140 #1632A1 #A11677 #A18516

split-complementary

#16A140 #8516A1 #A11632

monochromatic

#073515 #0F6B2B #16A140 #1DD755 #4BE67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#16A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#16A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A140

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A140	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.176 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be78',
    500: '#16a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a140;
$custom-light: #70be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.129,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62021,
    "c": 0.17593,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A140

secondary

#C84BA2

accent

#35B9F3

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A140

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

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