#16A169#16A169

#16A169 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.139 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A169
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(156, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(156, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 34.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -47.98, 19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 51.84, 157.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.1299 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.139 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6239, 26.6782, 17.6878)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A169 #A1164E

analogous

#16A123 #16A169 #1693A1

triadic

#16A169 #6916A1 #A16916

tetradic

#16A169 #2316A1 #A1164E #93A116

square

#16A169 #2316A1 #A1164E #93A116

split-complementary

#16A169 #A11693 #A12316

monochromatic

#073523 #0F6B46 #16A169 #1DD78C #4BE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#16A169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#16A169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A169

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A169	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90896D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.139 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be94',
    500: '#16a169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a169;
$custom-light: #70be94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.827,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A169

secondary

#C84B7D

accent

#3582F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A169

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

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