#16A19B#16A19B

#16A19B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A19B
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 155)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -34.90, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 35.53, 190.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.1055 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.107 190)
XYZ	xyz(18.9893, 28.0244, 35.4124)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A19B #A1161C

analogous

#16A155 #16A19B #1661A1

triadic

#16A19B #9B16A1 #A19B16

tetradic

#16A19B #5516A1 #A1161C #61A116

square

#16A19B #5516A1 #A1161C #61A116

split-complementary

#16A19B #A11661 #A15516

monochromatic

#073533 #0F6B67 #16A19B #1DD7CF #4BE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#16A19B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#16A19B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A19B

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A19B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A19B	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a19b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdb8',
    500: '#16a19b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a19b;
$custom-light: #73bdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a19b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.41,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64149,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A19B

secondary

#C84B50

accent

#353DF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A19B

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

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