#16A192#16A192

#16A192 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.110 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A192
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 146)
HSL	hsl(174, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 9.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -37.55, -1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 37.60, 182.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.1098 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.11 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2614, 27.7333, 31.5791)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A192 #A11625

analogous

#16A14C #16A192 #166AA1

triadic

#16A192 #9216A1 #A19216

tetradic

#16A192 #4C16A1 #A11625 #6AA116

square

#16A192 #4C16A1 #A11625 #6AA116

split-complementary

#16A192 #A1166A #A14C16

monochromatic

#073530 #0F6B61 #16A192 #1DD7C3 #4BE6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#16A192 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#16A192 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A192

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A192	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A192	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a192;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.110 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb1',
    500: '#16a192',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a192;
$custom-light: #72bdb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a192",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.525,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63846,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A192

secondary

#C84B58

accent

#354AF3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A192

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

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