#16A17A#16A17A

#16A17A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.125 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A17A
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 24.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -44.01, 10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 45.28, 166.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.1215 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.125 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5866, 27.0633, 22.7581)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A17A #A1163D

analogous

#16A134 #16A17A #1682A1

triadic

#16A17A #7A16A1 #A17A16

tetradic

#16A17A #3416A1 #A1163D #82A116

square

#16A17A #3416A1 #A1163D #82A116

split-complementary

#16A17A #A11682 #A13416

monochromatic

#073528 #0F6B51 #16A17A #1DD7A3 #4BE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#16A17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#16A17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A17A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A17A	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.125 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bea0',
    500: '#16a17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a17a;
$custom-light: #70bea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.165,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6314,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A17A

secondary

#C84B6E

accent

#356AF3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A17A

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

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