#16A182#16A182

#16A182 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A182
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 130)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 19.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -41.96, 6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 42.45, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.1175 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.119 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1028, 27.2698, 25.4770)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A182 #A11635

analogous

#16A13D #16A182 #167AA1

triadic

#16A182 #8216A1 #A18216

tetradic

#16A182 #3D16A1 #A11635 #7AA116

square

#16A182 #3D16A1 #A11635 #7AA116

split-complementary

#16A182 #A1167A #A13D16

monochromatic

#07352B #0F6B57 #16A182 #1DD7AD #4BE6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#16A182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#16A182 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A182

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A182	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9C9680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bea6',
    500: '#16a182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a182;
$custom-light: #71bea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.619,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63359,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A182

secondary

#C84B67

accent

#355FF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A182

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

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