#16A572#16A572

#16A572 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.136 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16A572
RGB	rgb(22, 165, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(159, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 30.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -47.52, 16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 50.37, 160.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.1293 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.136 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8214, 28.2936, 20.4910)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16A572 #A51649

analogous

#16A52A #16A572 #1691A5

triadic

#16A572 #7216A5 #A57216

tetradic

#16A572 #2A16A5 #A51649 #91A516

square

#16A572 #2A16A5 #A51649 #91A516

split-complementary

#16A572 #A51691 #A52A16

monochromatic

#083927 #0F6F4D #16A572 #1DDB97 #4EE7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#16A572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#16A572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #16A572

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16A572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16A572	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2986F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16a572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 165, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.136 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71c19a',
    500: '#16a572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16a572;
$custom-light: #71c19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16a572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.601,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64005,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16A572

secondary

#C94E7A

accent

#3579F3

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EDF8F2

border

#C8D1CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16A572

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

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