#16A175#16A175

#16A175 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.129 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A175
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 117)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 27.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -45.23, 13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 47.15, 163.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.124 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.129 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2847, 26.9426, 21.1683)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A175 #A11642

analogous

#16A12F #16A175 #1687A1

triadic

#16A175 #7516A1 #A17516

tetradic

#16A175 #2F16A1 #A11642 #87A116

square

#16A175 #2F16A1 #A11642 #87A116

split-complementary

#16A175 #A11687 #A12F16

monochromatic

#073527 #0F6B4E #16A175 #1DD79C #4BE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#16A175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#16A175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A175

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A175	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.129 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9c',
    500: '#16a175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a175;
$custom-light: #70be9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.007,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A175

secondary

#C84B72

accent

#3571F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A175

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

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