#16A165#16A165

#16A165 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.143 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A165
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(154, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(154, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 37.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -48.83, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 53.44, 156.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.1318 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.143 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4231, 26.5979, 16.6304)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A165 #A11652

analogous

#16A120 #16A165 #1697A1

triadic

#16A165 #6516A1 #A16516

tetradic

#16A165 #2016A1 #A11652 #97A116

square

#16A165 #2016A1 #A11652 #97A116

split-complementary

#16A165 #A11697 #A12016

monochromatic

#073521 #0F6B43 #16A165 #1DD787 #4BE6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#16A165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A165

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A165	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)

#A09461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.143 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be91',
    500: '#16a165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a165;
$custom-light: #70be91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.101,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6264,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A165

secondary

#C84B81

accent

#3587F3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A165

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

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