#16A17D#16A17D

#16A17D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A17D
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 125)
HSL	hsl(164, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(164, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 22.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -43.25, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 44.20, 168.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.12 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.122 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7753, 27.1388, 23.7522)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A17D #A1163A

analogous

#16A137 #16A17D #167FA1

triadic

#16A17D #7D16A1 #A17D16

tetradic

#16A17D #3716A1 #A1163A #7FA116

square

#16A17D #3716A1 #A1163A #7FA116

split-complementary

#16A17D #A1167F #A13716

monochromatic

#073529 #0F6B53 #16A17D #1DD7A7 #4BE6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#16A17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#16A17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A17D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A17D	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C957B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bea2',
    500: '#16a17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a17d;
$custom-light: #70bea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.46,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6322,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A17D

secondary

#C84B6B

accent

#3566F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A17D

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

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