#16A19F#16A19F

#16A19F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A19F
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 159)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -33.69, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 34.81, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.1037 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.107 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3308, 28.1610, 37.2109)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A19F #A11618

analogous

#16A159 #16A19F #165DA1

triadic

#16A19F #9F16A1 #A19F16

tetradic

#16A19F #5916A1 #A11618 #5DA116

square

#16A19F #5916A1 #A11618 #5DA116

split-complementary

#16A19F #A1165D #A15916

monochromatic

#073535 #0F6B6A #16A19F #1DD7D4 #4BE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#16A19F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#16A19F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A19F

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A19F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A19F	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)

#96989F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a19f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdbb',
    500: '#16a19f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a19f;
$custom-light: #73bdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a19f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.137,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64291,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A19F

secondary

#C84B4D

accent

#3538F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A19F

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

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