#16A571#16A571

#16A571 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.137 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A571
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 113)
HSL	hsl(158, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(158, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 31.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -47.75, 17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 50.76, 160.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.1298 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.137 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7648, 28.2709, 20.1928)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A571 #A5164A

analogous

#16A52A #16A571 #1692A5

triadic

#16A571 #7116A5 #A57116

tetradic

#16A571 #2A16A5 #A5164A #92A516

square

#16A571 #2A16A5 #A5164A #92A516

split-complementary

#16A571 #A51692 #A52A16

monochromatic

#083927 #0F6F4C #16A571 #1DDB96 #4EE7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#16A571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#16A571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A571

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A571	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)

#A2986E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.137 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71c19a',
    500: '#16a571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a571;
$custom-light: #71c19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A571

secondary

#C94E7B

accent

#357AF3

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EDF8F2

border

#C8D1CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A571

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

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