#16A191#16A191

#16A191 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.110 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A191
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -37.84, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 37.86, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.1103 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.11 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1840, 27.7023, 31.1713)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A191 #A11626

analogous

#16A14C #16A191 #166BA1

triadic

#16A191 #9116A1 #A19116

tetradic

#16A191 #4C16A1 #A11626 #6BA116

square

#16A191 #4C16A1 #A11626 #6BA116

split-complementary

#16A191 #A1166B #A14C16

monochromatic

#073530 #0F6B61 #16A191 #1DD7C1 #4BE6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#16A191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#16A191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A191

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A191	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.110 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb1',
    500: '#16a191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a191;
$custom-light: #72bdb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.094,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63814,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A191

secondary

#C84B59

accent

#354BF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A191

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

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