#16A166#16A166

#16A166 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.142 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A166
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 102)
HSL	hsl(155, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(155, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 36.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -48.62, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 53.04, 156.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.1313 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.142 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4724, 26.6176, 16.8900)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A166 #A11651

analogous

#16A120 #16A166 #1696A1

triadic

#16A166 #6616A1 #A16616

tetradic

#16A166 #2016A1 #A11651 #96A116

square

#16A166 #2016A1 #A11651 #96A116

split-complementary

#16A166 #A11696 #A12016

monochromatic

#073522 #0F6B44 #16A166 #1DD788 #4BE6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#16A166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A166

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A166	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)

#A09462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90896A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.142 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be92',
    500: '#16a166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a166;
$custom-light: #70be92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.532,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A166

secondary

#C84B80

accent

#3586F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A166

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

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