#16A16C#16A16C

#16A16C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.136 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A16C
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 108)
HSL	hsl(157, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(157, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 32.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -47.32, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 50.64, 159.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.1284 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.136 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7808, 26.7410, 18.5143)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A16C #A1164B

analogous

#16A126 #16A16C #1690A1

triadic

#16A16C #6C16A1 #A16C16

tetradic

#16A16C #2616A1 #A1164B #90A116

square

#16A16C #2616A1 #A1164B #90A116

split-complementary

#16A16C #A11690 #A12616

monochromatic

#073524 #0F6B48 #16A16C #1DD790 #4BE6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#16A16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#16A16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A16C

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A16C	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.136 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be96',
    500: '#16a16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a16c;
$custom-light: #70be96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.122,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62795,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A16C

secondary

#C84B7B

accent

#357DF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A16C

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

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