#16A186#16A186

#16A186 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A186
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -40.89, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 41.12, 173.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.1156 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.116 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3765, 27.3793, 26.9185)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A186 #A11631

analogous

#16A140 #16A186 #1676A1

triadic

#16A186 #8616A1 #A18616

tetradic

#16A186 #4016A1 #A11631 #76A116

square

#16A186 #4016A1 #A11631 #76A116

split-complementary

#16A186 #A11676 #A14016

monochromatic

#07352C #0F6B59 #16A186 #1DD7B3 #4BE6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#16A186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#16A186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A186

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A186	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda9',
    500: '#16a186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a186;
$custom-light: #71bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.345,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63475,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A186

secondary

#C84B63

accent

#355AF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A186

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

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