#16A174#16A174
#16A174 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.129 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #16A174 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(22, 161, 116) |
| HSL | hsl(161, 76%, 36%) |
| HSV | hsv(161, 86%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 28%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.90, -45.47, 13.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.90, 47.53, 163.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.99% -0.1244 0.0352) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.99% 0.129 164.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.2262, 26.9192, 20.8603) |
| Luminance | 0.2692 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Bluish Green
#10A674
ΔE00 1.80
Teal Green
#25A36F
ΔE00 2.02
Jade
#1FA774
ΔE00 2.27
Ocean Green
#3D9973
ΔE00 3.52
Greenish
#40A368
ΔE00 4.74
Viridian
#1E9167
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#16A174 #A11643
analogous
#16A12F #16A174 #1688A1
triadic
#16A174 #7416A1 #A17416
tetradic
#16A174 #2F16A1 #A11643 #88A116
square
#16A174 #2F16A1 #A11643 #88A116
split-complementary
#16A174 #A11688 #A12F16
monochromatic
#073526 #0F6B4D #16A174 #1DD79B #4BE6B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.29
#16A174 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.38
#16A174 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #16A174
6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##16A174 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##16A174 | 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)
#9E9571
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E8977
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A195
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #16a174; /* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 116); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.129 164.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#70be9c',
500: '#16a174',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #16a174; $custom-light: #70be9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#16a174",
"rgb": {
"r": 22,
"g": 161,
"b": 116
},
"hsl": {
"h": 160.576,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 35.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62986,
"c": 0.12935,
"h": 164.2
},
"luminance": 0.26921
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#16A174
secondary
#C84B73
accent
#3573F3
background
#F7FBF9
surface
#EDF7F2
border
#C8D0CC
text
#09120E
muted
#7B817E