#16A570#16A570

#16A570 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.138 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A570
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 112)
HSL	hsl(158, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(158, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 32.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -47.98, 17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 51.15, 159.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.1303 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.138 161)
XYZ	xyz(16.7088, 28.2485, 19.8980)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A570 #A5164B

analogous

#16A528 #16A570 #1693A5

triadic

#16A570 #7016A5 #A57016

tetradic

#16A570 #2816A5 #A5164B #93A516

square

#16A570 #2816A5 #A5164B #93A516

split-complementary

#16A570 #A51693 #A52816

monochromatic

#083927 #0F6F4B #16A570 #1DDB95 #4EE7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#16A570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#16A570 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A570

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A570	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)

#A3986D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.138 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71c199',
    500: '#16a570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a570;
$custom-light: #71c199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.762,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63958,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.28251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A570

secondary

#C94E7B

accent

#357BF3

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EDF8F2

border

#C8D1CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A570

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

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