#16A16E#16A16E

#16A16E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.135 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A16E
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 110)
HSL	hsl(158, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(158, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 31.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -46.87, 17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 49.86, 160.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.1274 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.135 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8884, 26.7841, 19.0813)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A16E #A11649

analogous

#16A129 #16A16E #168EA1

triadic

#16A16E #6E16A1 #A16E16

tetradic

#16A16E #2916A1 #A11649 #8EA116

square

#16A16E #2916A1 #A11649 #8EA116

split-complementary

#16A16E #A1168E #A12916

monochromatic

#073524 #0F6B49 #16A16E #1DD793 #4BE6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#16A16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#16A16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A16E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A16E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F946B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.135 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be97',
    500: '#16a16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a16e;
$custom-light: #70be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.986,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A16E

secondary

#C84B79

accent

#357BF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A16E

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

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