#16A16D#16A16D

#16A16D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.135 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A16D
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 109)
HSL	hsl(158, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(158, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 32.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -47.09, 17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 50.25, 159.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.1279 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.135 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8343, 26.7624, 18.7962)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A16D #A1164A

analogous

#16A127 #16A16D #168FA1

triadic

#16A16D #6D16A1 #A16D16

tetradic

#16A16D #2716A1 #A1164A #8FA116

square

#16A16D #2716A1 #A1164A #8FA116

split-complementary

#16A16D #A1168F #A12716

monochromatic

#073524 #0F6B49 #16A16D #1DD791 #4BE6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#16A16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#16A16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A16D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A16D	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)

#9F946A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.135 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be97',
    500: '#16a16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a16d;
$custom-light: #70be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.554,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62818,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A16D

secondary

#C84B7A

accent

#357CF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A16D

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

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