#16A177#16A177

#16A177 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.127 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A177
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 119)
HSL	hsl(162, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(162, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 26.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -44.75, 12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 46.40, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.123 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.127 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4036, 26.9901, 21.7943)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A177 #A11640

analogous

#16A132 #16A177 #1685A1

triadic

#16A177 #7716A1 #A17716

tetradic

#16A177 #3216A1 #A11640 #85A116

square

#16A177 #3216A1 #A11640 #85A116

split-complementary

#16A177 #A11685 #A13216

monochromatic

#073527 #0F6B4F #16A177 #1DD79F #4BE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#16A177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#16A177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A177

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A177	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.127 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9e',
    500: '#16a177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a177;
$custom-light: #70be9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.871,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63061,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A177

secondary

#C84B71

accent

#356EF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A177

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

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