#16A162#16A162

#16A162 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.145 H 156.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A162
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(153, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(153, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 39.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -49.45, 23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 54.66, 154.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.1332 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.145 156.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2788, 26.5402, 15.8704)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A162 #A11655

analogous

#16A11D #16A162 #169AA1

triadic

#16A162 #6216A1 #A16216

tetradic

#16A162 #1D16A1 #A11655 #9AA116

square

#16A162 #1D16A1 #A11655 #9AA116

split-complementary

#16A162 #A1169A #A11D16

monochromatic

#073520 #0F6B41 #16A162 #1DD783 #4BE6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#16A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#16A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A162

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A162	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.145 156.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be8f',
    500: '#16a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a162;
$custom-light: #70be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.806,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62578,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 156.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A162

secondary

#C84B84

accent

#358BF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A162

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

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