#16A197#16A197

#16A197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A197
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 6.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -36.09, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 36.38, 187.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.1074 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.108 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6589, 27.8923, 33.6725)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A197 #A11620

analogous

#16A151 #16A197 #1666A1

triadic

#16A197 #9716A1 #A19716

tetradic

#16A197 #5116A1 #A11620 #66A116

square

#16A197 #5116A1 #A11620 #66A116

split-complementary

#16A197 #A11666 #A15116

monochromatic

#073532 #0F6B64 #16A197 #1DD7C9 #4BE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#16A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#16A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A197

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A197	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb5',
    500: '#16a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a197;
$custom-light: #72bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.683,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64012,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A197

secondary

#C84B54

accent

#3543F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A197

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

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