#16A173#16A173

#16A173 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.130 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A173
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(160, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(160, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 28.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -45.71, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 47.91, 162.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.1249 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.13 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1684, 26.8960, 20.5556)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A173 #A11644

analogous

#16A12D #16A173 #1689A1

triadic

#16A173 #7316A1 #A17316

tetradic

#16A173 #2D16A1 #A11644 #89A116

square

#16A173 #2D16A1 #A11644 #89A116

split-complementary

#16A173 #A11689 #A12D16

monochromatic

#073526 #0F6B4D #16A173 #1DD799 #4BE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#16A173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#16A173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A173

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A173	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.130 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9b',
    500: '#16a173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a173;
$custom-light: #70be9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.144,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62961,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A173

secondary

#C84B74

accent

#3574F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A173

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

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