#16A178#16A178

#16A178 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.126 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A178
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(162, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -44.50, 11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 46.02, 165.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.1225 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.126 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4639, 27.0143, 22.1122)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A178 #A1163F

analogous

#16A132 #16A178 #1684A1

triadic

#16A178 #7816A1 #A17816

tetradic

#16A178 #3216A1 #A1163F #84A116

square

#16A178 #3216A1 #A1163F #84A116

split-complementary

#16A178 #A11684 #A13216

monochromatic

#073528 #0F6B50 #16A178 #1DD7A0 #4BE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#16A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#16A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A178

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A178	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)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.126 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70be9f',
    500: '#16a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a178;
$custom-light: #70be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.302,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63087,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A178

secondary

#C84B70

accent

#356DF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A178

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

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