#16A172#16A172

#16A172 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.131 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A172
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(160, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(160, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 29.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -45.94, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 48.30, 162.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.1254 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.131 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1112, 26.8732, 20.2542)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A172 #A11645

analogous

#16A12C #16A172 #168AA1

triadic

#16A172 #7216A1 #A17216

tetradic

#16A172 #2C16A1 #A11645 #8AA116

square

#16A172 #2C16A1 #A11645 #8AA116

split-complementary

#16A172 #A1168A #A12C16

monochromatic

#073526 #0F6B4C #16A172 #1DD798 #4BE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#16A172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#16A172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A172

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A172	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E946F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.131 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9a',
    500: '#16a172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a172;
$custom-light: #70be9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.712,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A172

secondary

#C84B75

accent

#3575F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A172

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

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