#16A19E#16A19E

#16A19E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A19E
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, -34.00, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 34.98, 193.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.1042 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.107 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2444, 28.1264, 36.7558)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A19E #A11619

analogous

#16A158 #16A19E #165EA1

triadic

#16A19E #9E16A1 #A19E16

tetradic

#16A19E #5816A1 #A11619 #5EA116

square

#16A19E #5816A1 #A11619 #5EA116

split-complementary

#16A19E #A1165E #A15816

monochromatic

#073534 #0F6B69 #16A19E #1DD7D3 #4BE6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#16A19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#16A19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A19E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A19E	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdba',
    500: '#16a19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a19e;
$custom-light: #73bdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.705,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64255,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A19E

secondary

#C84B4E

accent

#3539F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A19E

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

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