#16A168#16A168

#16A168 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.140 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A168
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 104)
HSL	hsl(155, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(155, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 35.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -48.20, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 52.24, 157.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.1303 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.14 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5728, 26.6578, 17.4187)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A168 #A1164F

analogous

#16A123 #16A168 #1694A1

triadic

#16A168 #6816A1 #A16816

tetradic

#16A168 #2316A1 #A1164F #94A116

square

#16A168 #2316A1 #A1164F #94A116

split-complementary

#16A168 #A11694 #A12316

monochromatic

#073522 #0F6B45 #16A168 #1DD78B #4BE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#16A168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#16A168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A168

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A168	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90896C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.140 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be93',
    500: '#16a168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a168;
$custom-light: #70be93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.396,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62705,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A168

secondary

#C84B7E

accent

#3583F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A168

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

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