#16B370#16B370

#16B370 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.156 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B370
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 112)
HSL	hsl(154, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(154, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 37.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -53.27, 23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 58.37, 155.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.1437 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.156 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3736, 33.5781, 20.7862)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B370 #B31659

analogous

#16B322 #16B370 #16A8B3

triadic

#16B370 #7016B3 #B37016

tetradic

#16B370 #2216B3 #B31659 #A8B316

square

#16B370 #2216B3 #B31659 #A8B316

split-complementary

#16B370 #B316A8 #B32216

monochromatic

#09462C #0F7C4E #16B370 #22E491 #59EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#16B370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#16B370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B370

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B370	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.156 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cb99',
    500: '#16b370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b370;
$custom-light: #74cb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.395,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67686,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B370

secondary

#CE578A

accent

#3386F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B370

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

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