#16A199#16A199

#16A199 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A199
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -35.50, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 35.94, 188.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.1065 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.108 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8227, 27.9578, 34.5351)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A199 #A1161E

analogous

#16A153 #16A199 #1663A1

triadic

#16A199 #9916A1 #A19916

tetradic

#16A199 #5316A1 #A1161E #63A116

square

#16A199 #5316A1 #A1161E #63A116

split-complementary

#16A199 #A11663 #A15316

monochromatic

#073533 #0F6B66 #16A199 #1DD7CC #4BE6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#16A199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#16A199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A199

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A199	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)

#979899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb7',
    500: '#16a199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a199;
$custom-light: #72bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.547,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A199

secondary

#C84B52

accent

#3540F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A199

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

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