#16A180#16A180

#16A180 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.120 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A180
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -42.48, 7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 43.14, 169.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1185 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.12 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9699, 27.2166, 24.7768)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A180 #A11637

analogous

#16A13A #16A180 #167CA1

triadic

#16A180 #8016A1 #A18016

tetradic

#16A180 #3A16A1 #A11637 #7CA116

square

#16A180 #3A16A1 #A11637 #7CA116

split-complementary

#16A180 #A1167C #A13A16

monochromatic

#07352A #0F6B55 #16A180 #1DD7AB #4BE6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#16A180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#16A180 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A180

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A180	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)

#9C957E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.120 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bea4',
    500: '#16a180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a180;
$custom-light: #70bea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.755,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63303,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A180

secondary

#C84B69

accent

#3562F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A180

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

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