#16A188#16A188

#16A188 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A188
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 15.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -40.35, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 40.49, 175.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.1146 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.115 176)
XYZ	xyz(17.5173, 27.4356, 27.6601)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A188 #A1162F

analogous

#16A143 #16A188 #1674A1

triadic

#16A188 #8816A1 #A18816

tetradic

#16A188 #4316A1 #A1162F #74A116

square

#16A188 #4316A1 #A1162F #74A116

split-complementary

#16A188 #A11674 #A14316

monochromatic

#07352D #0F6B5B #16A188 #1DD7B5 #4BE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#16A188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#16A188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A188

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A188	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdaa',
    500: '#16a188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a188;
$custom-light: #71bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.209,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63534,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.27438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A188

secondary

#C84B61

accent

#3557F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A188

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

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