#16B372#16B372

#16B372 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.154 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B372
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 114)
HSL	hsl(155, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(155, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 36.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -52.86, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 57.58, 156.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.1427 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.154 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4862, 33.6232, 21.3792)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B372 #B31657

analogous

#16B323 #16B372 #16A6B3

triadic

#16B372 #7216B3 #B37216

tetradic

#16B372 #2316B3 #B31657 #A6B316

square

#16B372 #2316B3 #B31657 #A6B316

split-complementary

#16B372 #B316A6 #B32316

monochromatic

#09462D #0F7C4F #16B372 #22E494 #59EBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#16B372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#16B372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B372

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B372	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.154 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cb9b',
    500: '#16b372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b372;
$custom-light: #74cb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.159,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B372

secondary

#CE5788

accent

#3383F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B372

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

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