#16AB72#16AB72

#16AB72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.144 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16AB72
RGB	rgb(22, 171, 114)
HSL	hsl(157, 77%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(157, 87%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.1%, 0%, 33.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -49.84, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 53.47, 158.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.1351 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.144 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9291, 30.5090, 20.8602)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16AB72 #AB164F

analogous

#16AB27 #16AB72 #1699AB

triadic

#16AB72 #7216AB #AB7216

tetradic

#16AB72 #2716AB #AB164F #99AB16

square

#16AB72 #2716AB #AB164F #99AB16

split-complementary

#16AB72 #AB1699 #AB2716

monochromatic

#083F2A #0F754E #16AB72 #1DE196 #53E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#16AB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#16AB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16AB72

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16AB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16AB72	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16ab72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 171, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.144 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72c59b',
    500: '#16ab72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16ab72;
$custom-light: #72c59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16ab72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.047,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65604,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16AB72

secondary

#CB5280

accent

#347DF4

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF8F2

border

#C9D1CC

text

#09130E

muted

#7B827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16AB72

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

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