#16A195#16A195

#16A195 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A195
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 149)
HSL	hsl(175, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 7.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -36.68, -3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 36.85, 185.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.1084 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.109 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4979, 27.8278, 32.8243)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A195 #A11622

analogous

#16A14F #16A195 #1667A1

triadic

#16A195 #9516A1 #A19516

tetradic

#16A195 #4F16A1 #A11622 #67A116

square

#16A195 #4F16A1 #A11622 #67A116

split-complementary

#16A195 #A11667 #A14F16

monochromatic

#073531 #0F6B63 #16A195 #1DD7C7 #4BE6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#16A195 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#16A195 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A195

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A195	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A195	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a195;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb4',
    500: '#16a195',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a195;
$custom-light: #72bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a195",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.82,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A195

secondary

#C84B56

accent

#3546F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A195

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

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