#16A198#16A198

#16A198 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A198
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 152)
HSL	hsl(176, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -35.80, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 36.16, 188.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.1069 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.108 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7405, 27.9249, 34.1020)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A198 #A1161F

analogous

#16A152 #16A198 #1664A1

triadic

#16A198 #9816A1 #A19816

tetradic

#16A198 #5216A1 #A1161F #64A116

square

#16A198 #5216A1 #A1161F #64A116

split-complementary

#16A198 #A11664 #A15216

monochromatic

#073532 #0F6B65 #16A198 #1DD7CB #4BE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#16A198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#16A198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A198

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A198	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb6',
    500: '#16a198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a198;
$custom-light: #72bdb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.115,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64046,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A198

secondary

#C84B53

accent

#3542F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A198

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

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