#16A163#16A163

#16A163 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.144 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A163
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 99)
HSL	hsl(153, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(153, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 38.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -49.25, 22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 54.25, 155.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.1328 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.144 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3263, 26.5592, 16.1206)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A163 #A11654

analogous

#16A11D #16A163 #1699A1

triadic

#16A163 #6316A1 #A16316

tetradic

#16A163 #1D16A1 #A11654 #99A116

square

#16A163 #1D16A1 #A11654 #99A116

split-complementary

#16A163 #A11699 #A11D16

monochromatic

#073521 #0F6B42 #16A163 #1DD784 #4BE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#16A163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#16A163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A163

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A163	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)

#A0935F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.144 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be90',
    500: '#16a163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a163;
$custom-light: #70be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.237,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62599,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A163

secondary

#C84B83

accent

#358AF3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A163

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

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