#16A189#16A189

#16A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A189
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -40.08, 2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 40.17, 176.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.1141 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.114 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5887, 27.4642, 28.0362)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A189 #A1162E

analogous

#16A143 #16A189 #1673A1

triadic

#16A189 #8916A1 #A18916

tetradic

#16A189 #4316A1 #A1162E #73A116

square

#16A189 #4316A1 #A1162E #73A116

split-complementary

#16A189 #A11673 #A14316

monochromatic

#07352D #0F6B5B #16A189 #1DD7B7 #4BE6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#16A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#16A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A189

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A189	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdab',
    500: '#16a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a189;
$custom-light: #71bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.64,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A189

secondary

#C84B60

accent

#3556F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A189

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

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