#16A193#16A193

#16A193 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A193
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 147)
HSL	hsl(174, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -37.26, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 37.34, 183.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.1093 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.11 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3396, 27.7645, 31.9906)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A193 #A11624

analogous

#16A14D #16A193 #1669A1

triadic

#16A193 #9316A1 #A19316

tetradic

#16A193 #4D16A1 #A11624 #69A116

square

#16A193 #4D16A1 #A11624 #69A116

split-complementary

#16A193 #A11669 #A14D16

monochromatic

#073531 #0F6B62 #16A193 #1DD7C4 #4BE6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#16A193 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#16A193 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A193

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A193	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A193	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#999793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a193;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb2',
    500: '#16a193',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a193;
$custom-light: #72bdb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a193",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.957,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63879,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A193

secondary

#C84B57

accent

#3548F3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A193

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

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