#16A187#16A187

#16A187 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A187
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 16.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -40.62, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 40.80, 174.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.1151 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.115 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4466, 27.4073, 27.2876)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A187 #A11630

analogous

#16A141 #16A187 #1675A1

triadic

#16A187 #8716A1 #A18716

tetradic

#16A187 #4116A1 #A11630 #75A116

square

#16A187 #4116A1 #A11630 #75A116

split-complementary

#16A187 #A11675 #A14116

monochromatic

#07352D #0F6B5A #16A187 #1DD7B4 #4BE6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#16A187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#16A187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A187

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A187	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)

#9B9686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda9',
    500: '#16a187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a187;
$custom-light: #71bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.777,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63504,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A187

secondary

#C84B62

accent

#3559F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A187

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

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