#16A56F#16A56F

#16A56F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.139 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A56F
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 111)
HSL	hsl(157, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(157, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 32.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -48.20, 18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 51.54, 159.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.1308 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.139 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6534, 28.2264, 19.6064)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A56F #A5164C

analogous

#16A528 #16A56F #1694A5

triadic

#16A56F #6F16A5 #A56F16

tetradic

#16A56F #2816A5 #A5164C #94A516

square

#16A56F #2816A5 #A5164C #94A516

split-complementary

#16A56F #A51694 #A52816

monochromatic

#083926 #0F6F4B #16A56F #1DDB93 #4EE7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#16A56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#16A56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A56F

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A56F	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3986C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.139 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71c198',
    500: '#16a56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a56f;
$custom-light: #71c198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.343,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63935,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A56F

secondary

#C94E7C

accent

#357DF3

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EDF8F2

border

#C8D1CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A56F

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

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