#16A17F#16A17F

#16A17F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.121 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A17F
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 127)
HSL	hsl(165, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(165, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -42.74, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 43.49, 169.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.119 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.121 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9044, 27.1904, 24.4319)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A17F #A11638

analogous

#16A13A #16A17F #167DA1

triadic

#16A17F #7F16A1 #A17F16

tetradic

#16A17F #3A16A1 #A11638 #7DA116

square

#16A17F #3A16A1 #A11638 #7DA116

split-complementary

#16A17F #A1167D #A13A16

monochromatic

#07352A #0F6B55 #16A17F #1DD7A9 #4BE6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#16A17F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#16A17F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A17F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A17F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A17F	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C957D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a17f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.121 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bea4',
    500: '#16a17f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a17f;
$custom-light: #70bea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a17f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.324,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63275,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A17F

secondary

#C84B69

accent

#3564F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A17F

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

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