#16A194#16A194

#16A194 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A194
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 148)
HSL	hsl(174, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 8.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -36.97, -3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 37.09, 184.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.1088 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.109 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4184, 27.7960, 32.4057)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A194 #A11623

analogous

#16A14E #16A194 #1669A1

triadic

#16A194 #9416A1 #A19416

tetradic

#16A194 #4E16A1 #A11623 #69A116

square

#16A194 #4E16A1 #A11623 #69A116

split-complementary

#16A194 #A11669 #A14E16

monochromatic

#073531 #0F6B63 #16A194 #1DD7C5 #4BE6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#16A194 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#16A194 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A194

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A194	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A194	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a194;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb3',
    500: '#16a194',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a194;
$custom-light: #72bdb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a194",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.388,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63912,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A194

secondary

#C84B57

accent

#3547F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A194

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

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