#16A181#16A181

#16A181 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.119 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A181
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -42.22, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 42.79, 170.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.118 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.119 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0360, 27.2431, 25.1252)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A181 #A11636

analogous

#16A13B #16A181 #167BA1

triadic

#16A181 #8116A1 #A18116

tetradic

#16A181 #3B16A1 #A11636 #7BA116

square

#16A181 #3B16A1 #A11636 #7BA116

split-complementary

#16A181 #A1167B #A13B16

monochromatic

#07352B #0F6B56 #16A181 #1DD7AC #4BE6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#16A181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#16A181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A181

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A181	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C967F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.119 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bea5',
    500: '#16a181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a181;
$custom-light: #70bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.187,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63331,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A181

secondary

#C84B68

accent

#3561F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A181

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

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