#16A157#16A157

#16A157 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.156 H 152.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A157
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(148, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(148, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 46%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -51.57, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 59.13, 150.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.1384 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.156 152.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7946, 26.3465, 13.3206)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A157 #A11660

analogous

#1AA116 #16A157 #16A19C

triadic

#16A157 #5716A1 #A15716

tetradic

#16A157 #161AA1 #A11660 #A19C16

square

#16A157 #161AA1 #A11660 #A19C16

split-complementary

#16A157 #9C16A1 #A1161A

monochromatic

#07351D #0F6B3A #16A157 #1DD774 #4BE694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#16A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#16A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A157

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A157	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)

#A19351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92885C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.156 152.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be87',
    500: '#16a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a157;
$custom-light: #70be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.058,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62368,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 152.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A157

secondary

#C84B8D

accent

#359AF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A157

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

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