#16A19C#16A19C

#16A19C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A19C
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 156)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -34.60, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 35.34, 191.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.1051 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.107 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0736, 28.0581, 35.8565)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A19C #A1161B

analogous

#16A156 #16A19C #1660A1

triadic

#16A19C #9C16A1 #A19C16

tetradic

#16A19C #5616A1 #A1161B #60A116

square

#16A19C #5616A1 #A1161B #60A116

split-complementary

#16A19C #A11660 #A15616

monochromatic

#073534 #0F6B68 #16A19C #1DD7D0 #4BE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#16A19C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#16A19C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A19C

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A19C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A19C	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)

#97989C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a19c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdb9',
    500: '#16a19c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a19c;
$custom-light: #73bdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a19c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.842,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64184,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A19C

secondary

#C84B4F

accent

#353CF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A19C

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

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