#16A183#16A183

#16A183 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A183
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 131)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 18.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -41.69, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 42.11, 171.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1171 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.118 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1703, 27.2968, 25.8322)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A183 #A11634

analogous

#16A13D #16A183 #1679A1

triadic

#16A183 #8316A1 #A18316

tetradic

#16A183 #3D16A1 #A11634 #79A116

square

#16A183 #3D16A1 #A11634 #79A116

split-complementary

#16A183 #A11679 #A13D16

monochromatic

#07352B #0F6B57 #16A183 #1DD7AF #4BE6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#16A183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#16A183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A183

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A183	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bea7',
    500: '#16a183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a183;
$custom-light: #71bea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.05,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63387,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A183

secondary

#C84B66

accent

#355EF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A183

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

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