#16A176#16A176

#16A176 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.128 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A176
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 118)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 26.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -44.99, 12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 46.77, 164.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.1235 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.128 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3438, 26.9662, 21.4796)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A176 #A11641

analogous

#16A131 #16A176 #1686A1

triadic

#16A176 #7616A1 #A17616

tetradic

#16A176 #3116A1 #A11641 #86A116

square

#16A176 #3116A1 #A11641 #86A116

split-complementary

#16A176 #A11686 #A13116

monochromatic

#073527 #0F6B4F #16A176 #1DD79D #4BE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#16A176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#16A176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A176

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A176	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#9D9574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.128 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9d',
    500: '#16a176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a176;
$custom-light: #70be9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.439,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63036,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A176

secondary

#C84B72

accent

#3570F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A176

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

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