#16A159#16A159

#16A159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.154 H 153.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A159
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(149, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(149, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 44.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -51.21, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 58.32, 151.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.1375 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.154 153.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8775, 26.3797, 13.7569)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A159 #A1165E

analogous

#18A116 #16A159 #16A19E

triadic

#16A159 #5916A1 #A15916

tetradic

#16A159 #1618A1 #A1165E #A19E16

square

#16A159 #1618A1 #A1165E #A19E16

split-complementary

#16A159 #9E16A1 #A11618

monochromatic

#07351D #0F6B3B #16A159 #1DD777 #4BE696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#16A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#16A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A159

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A159	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92885E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.154 153.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be89',
    500: '#16a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a159;
$custom-light: #70be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.921,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62404,
    "c": 0.15376,
    "h": 153.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A159

secondary

#C84B8C

accent

#3597F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A159

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

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