#16A17C#16A17C

#16A17C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.123 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A17C
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 124)
HSL	hsl(164, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(164, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 23%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -43.51, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 44.56, 167.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.1205 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.123 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7118, 27.1134, 23.4175)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A17C #A1163B

analogous

#16A137 #16A17C #1680A1

triadic

#16A17C #7C16A1 #A17C16

tetradic

#16A17C #3716A1 #A1163B #80A116

square

#16A17C #3716A1 #A1163B #80A116

split-complementary

#16A17C #A11680 #A13716

monochromatic

#073529 #0F6B53 #16A17C #1DD7A5 #4BE6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#16A17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#16A17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A17C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A17C	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D957A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.123 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bea2',
    500: '#16a17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a17c;
$custom-light: #70bea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.029,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63193,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A17C

secondary

#C84B6C

accent

#3568F3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF7F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A17C

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

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