#16A142#16A142

#16A142 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.174 H 147.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A142
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(139, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(139, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -54.91, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 67.48, 144.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.1474 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.174 147.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0580, 26.0519, 9.4408)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A142 #A11675

analogous

#2FA116 #16A142 #16A187

triadic

#16A142 #4216A1 #A14216

tetradic

#16A142 #162FA1 #A11675 #A18716

square

#16A142 #162FA1 #A11675 #A18716

split-complementary

#16A142 #8716A1 #A1162F

monochromatic

#073516 #0F6B2C #16A142 #1DD758 #4BE67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#16A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#16A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A142

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A142	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)

#A39238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94884A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.174 147.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be79',
    500: '#16a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a142;
$custom-light: #70be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.993,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62047,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 147.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A142

secondary

#C84BA0

accent

#35B7F3

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF7EE

border

#C8D0C9

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A142

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

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