#16B371#16B371

#16B371 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.155 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B371
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 113)
HSL	hsl(155, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(155, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 36.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -53.06, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 57.97, 156.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.1432 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.155 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4295, 33.6005, 21.0811)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B371 #B31658

analogous

#16B323 #16B371 #16A7B3

triadic

#16B371 #7116B3 #B37116

tetradic

#16B371 #2316B3 #B31658 #A7B316

square

#16B371 #2316B3 #B31658 #A7B316

split-complementary

#16B371 #B316A7 #B32316

monochromatic

#09462C #0F7C4F #16B371 #22E493 #59EBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#16B371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#16B371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B371

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B371	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)

#B1A46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.155 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cb9a',
    500: '#16b371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b371;
$custom-light: #74cb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.777,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67706,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B371

secondary

#CE5789

accent

#3385F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B371

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

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