#16A52A#16A52A

#16A52A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.196 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A52A
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(128, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(128, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -58.82, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 77.65, 139.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.1588 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.196 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2029, 27.2462, 6.7005)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A52A #A51691

analogous

#49A516 #16A52A #16A572

triadic

#16A52A #2A16A5 #A52A16

tetradic

#16A52A #1649A5 #A51691 #A57216

square

#16A52A #1649A5 #A51691 #A57216

split-complementary

#16A52A #7216A5 #A51649

monochromatic

#08390F #0F6F1C #16A52A #1DDB38 #4EE763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#16A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#16A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A52A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A52A	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A08D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.196 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73c16c',
    500: '#16a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a52a;
$custom-light: #73c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.392,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62906,
    "c": 0.196,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A52A

secondary

#C94EB8

accent

#35D8F3

background

#F7FCF6

surface

#EEF8EC

border

#C9D1C7

text

#0A1207

muted

#7C817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A52A

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

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