#16A56D#16A56D

#16A56D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.141 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A56D
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(157, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(157, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 33.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -48.64, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 52.33, 158.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.1318 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.141 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5445, 28.1828, 19.0329)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A56D #A5164E

analogous

#16A525 #16A56D #1696A5

triadic

#16A56D #6D16A5 #A56D16

tetradic

#16A56D #2516A5 #A5164E #96A516

square

#16A56D #2516A5 #A5164E #96A516

split-complementary

#16A56D #A51696 #A52516

monochromatic

#083926 #0F6F49 #16A56D #1DDB91 #4EE7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#16A56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#16A56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A56D

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A56D	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)

#A3986A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.141 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71c197',
    500: '#16a56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a56d;
$custom-light: #71c197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.503,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6389,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A56D

secondary

#C94E7E

accent

#357FF3

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EDF8F2

border

#C8D1CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A56D

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

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