#16A184#16A184

#16A184 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A184
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 132)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 18%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -41.43, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 41.78, 172.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.1166 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.117 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2384, 27.3240, 26.1908)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A184 #A11633

analogous

#16A13E #16A184 #1678A1

triadic

#16A184 #8416A1 #A18416

tetradic

#16A184 #3E16A1 #A11633 #78A116

square

#16A184 #3E16A1 #A11633 #78A116

split-complementary

#16A184 #A11678 #A13E16

monochromatic

#07352C #0F6B58 #16A184 #1DD7B0 #4BE6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#16A184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#16A184 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A184

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A184	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bea7',
    500: '#16a184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a184;
$custom-light: #71bea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.482,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63416,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A184

secondary

#C84B65

accent

#355DF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A184

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →