#16A164#16A164

#16A164 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.144 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A164
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 100)
HSL	hsl(154, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(154, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 37.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -49.04, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 53.85, 155.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.1323 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.144 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3744, 26.5784, 16.3740)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A164 #A11653

analogous

#16A11E #16A164 #1698A1

triadic

#16A164 #6416A1 #A16416

tetradic

#16A164 #1E16A1 #A11653 #98A116

square

#16A164 #1E16A1 #A11653 #98A116

split-complementary

#16A164 #A11698 #A11E16

monochromatic

#073521 #0F6B43 #16A164 #1DD785 #4BE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#16A164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A164

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A164	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.144 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be90',
    500: '#16a164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a164;
$custom-light: #70be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.669,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62619,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A164

secondary

#C84B82

accent

#3588F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A164

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

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