#16A156#16A156

#16A156 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.157 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A156
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(148, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(148, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 46.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -51.75, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 59.54, 150.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.1389 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.157 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7541, 26.3303, 13.1069)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A156 #A11661

analogous

#1BA116 #16A156 #16A19B

triadic

#16A156 #5616A1 #A15616

tetradic

#16A156 #161BA1 #A11661 #A19B16

square

#16A156 #161BA1 #A11661 #A19B16

split-complementary

#16A156 #9B16A1 #A1161B

monochromatic

#07351C #0F6B39 #16A156 #1DD773 #4BE693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#16A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#16A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A156

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A156	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92885B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.157 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be87',
    500: '#16a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a156;
$custom-light: #70be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.626,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A156

secondary

#C84B8E

accent

#359BF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A156

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

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