#16A1A0#16A1A0

#16A1A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.106 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A1A0
RGB	rgb(22, 161, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -33.39, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 34.65, 195.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.1032 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.106 194)
XYZ	xyz(19.4179, 28.1959, 37.6698)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A1A0 #A11617

analogous

#16A15A #16A1A0 #165CA1

triadic

#16A1A0 #A016A1 #A1A016

tetradic

#16A1A0 #5A16A1 #A11617 #5CA116

square

#16A1A0 #5A16A1 #A11617 #5CA116

split-complementary

#16A1A0 #A1165C #A15A16

monochromatic

#073535 #0F6B6A #16A1A0 #1DD7D6 #4BE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#16A1A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#16A1A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A1A0

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A1A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A1A0	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9698A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a1a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 161, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.106 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdbc',
    500: '#16a1a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a1a0;
$custom-light: #73bdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a1a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.568,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64326,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.28198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A1A0

secondary

#C84B4C

accent

#3537F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A1A0

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

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