#16A18A#16A18A

#16A18A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A18A
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 14.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -39.80, 2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 39.87, 176.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.1136 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.114 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6608, 27.4930, 28.4157)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A18A #A1162D

analogous

#16A144 #16A18A #1672A1

triadic

#16A18A #8A16A1 #A18A16

tetradic

#16A18A #4416A1 #A1162D #72A116

square

#16A18A #4416A1 #A1162D #72A116

split-complementary

#16A18A #A11672 #A14416

monochromatic

#07352E #0F6B5C #16A18A #1DD7B8 #4BE6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#16A18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#16A18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A18A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A18A	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdac',
    500: '#16a18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a18a;
$custom-light: #71bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.072,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63595,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A18A

secondary

#C84B60

accent

#3555F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A18A

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

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