#16A16B#16A16B

#16A16B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.137 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A16B
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 107)
HSL	hsl(157, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(157, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 33.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -47.54, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 51.04, 158.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.1289 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.137 160)
XYZ	xyz(15.7279, 26.7198, 18.2356)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A16B #A1164C

analogous

#16A126 #16A16B #1691A1

triadic

#16A16B #6B16A1 #A16B16

tetradic

#16A16B #2616A1 #A1164C #91A116

square

#16A16B #2616A1 #A1164C #91A116

split-complementary

#16A16B #A11691 #A12616

monochromatic

#073523 #0F6B47 #16A16B #1DD78F #4BE6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#16A16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#16A16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A16B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A16B	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)

#9F9468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F896F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.137 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be95',
    500: '#16a16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a16b;
$custom-light: #70be95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.691,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62772,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.26722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A16B

secondary

#C84B7B

accent

#357FF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A16B

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

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