#16A525#16A525

#16A525 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.199 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A525
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(126, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(126, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -59.21, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 79.08, 138.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.1601 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.199 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1190, 27.2126, 6.2583)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16A525 #A51696

analogous

#4EA516 #16A525 #16A56D

triadic

#16A525 #2516A5 #A52516

tetradic

#16A525 #164EA5 #A51696 #A56D16

square

#16A525 #164EA5 #A51696 #A56D16

split-complementary

#16A525 #6D16A5 #A5164E

monochromatic

#08390D #0F6F19 #16A525 #1DDB31 #4EE75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#16A525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#16A525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A525

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A525	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A08D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.199 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73c169',
    500: '#16a525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a525;
$custom-light: #73c169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.294,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62871,
    "c": 0.19874,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A525

secondary

#C94EBC

accent

#35DFF3

background

#F7FCF6

surface

#EEF8EB

border

#C9D1C6

text

#0A1207

muted

#7C817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A525

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

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