#16A19A#16A19A

#16A19A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A19A
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 154)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -35.20, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 35.73, 189.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.106 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.107 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9057, 27.9910, 34.9719)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A19A #A1161D

analogous

#16A154 #16A19A #1662A1

triadic

#16A19A #9A16A1 #A19A16

tetradic

#16A19A #5416A1 #A1161D #62A116

square

#16A19A #5416A1 #A1161D #62A116

split-complementary

#16A19A #A11662 #A15416

monochromatic

#073533 #0F6B66 #16A19A #1DD7CD #4BE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#16A19A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#16A19A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A19A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A19A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A19A	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a19a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb7',
    500: '#16a19a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a19a;
$custom-light: #72bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a19a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.978,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64115,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A19A

secondary

#C84B51

accent

#353FF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A19A

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

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