#16A19D#16A19D

#16A19D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A19D
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -34.30, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 35.15, 192.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.1046 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.107 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1586, 28.0921, 36.3043)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A19D #A1161A

analogous

#16A157 #16A19D #165FA1

triadic

#16A19D #9D16A1 #A19D16

tetradic

#16A19D #5716A1 #A1161A #5FA116

square

#16A19D #5716A1 #A1161A #5FA116

split-complementary

#16A19D #A1165F #A15716

monochromatic

#073534 #0F6B68 #16A19D #1DD7D2 #4BE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#16A19D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#16A19D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A19D

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A19D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A19D	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a19d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdb9',
    500: '#16a19d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a19d;
$custom-light: #73bdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a19d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.273,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64219,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A19D

secondary

#C84B4E

accent

#353BF3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A19D

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

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