#16A56E#16A56E

#16A56E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.140 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A56E
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 110)
HSL	hsl(157, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(157, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 33.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -48.42, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 51.94, 158.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.1313 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.14 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5987, 28.2045, 19.3180)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A56E #A5164D

analogous

#16A526 #16A56E #1695A5

triadic

#16A56E #6E16A5 #A56E16

tetradic

#16A56E #2616A5 #A5164D #95A516

square

#16A56E #2616A5 #A5164D #95A516

split-complementary

#16A56E #A51695 #A52616

monochromatic

#083926 #0F6F4A #16A56E #1DDB92 #4EE7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#16A56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#16A56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A56E

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A56E	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)

#A3986B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.140 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71c198',
    500: '#16a56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a56e;
$custom-light: #71c198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A56E

secondary

#C94E7D

accent

#357EF3

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EDF8F2

border

#C8D1CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A56E

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

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