#16A185#16A185

#16A185 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A185
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -41.16, 4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 41.45, 173.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.1161 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.117 174)
XYZ	xyz(17.3071, 27.3515, 26.5530)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A185 #A11632

analogous

#16A140 #16A185 #1677A1

triadic

#16A185 #8516A1 #A18516

tetradic

#16A185 #4016A1 #A11632 #77A116

square

#16A185 #4016A1 #A11632 #77A116

split-complementary

#16A185 #A11677 #A14016

monochromatic

#07352C #0F6B59 #16A185 #1DD7B1 #4BE6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#16A185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#16A185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A185

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A185	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)

#9B9684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bea8',
    500: '#16a185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a185;
$custom-light: #71bea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.914,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63445,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.27354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A185

secondary

#C84B64

accent

#355BF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A185

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

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