#16B375#16B375

#16B375 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.151 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B375
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(156, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(156, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 34.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -52.22, 21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 56.40, 157.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.1413 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.151 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6597, 33.6926, 22.2933)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B375 #B31654

analogous

#16B327 #16B375 #16A2B3

triadic

#16B375 #7516B3 #B37516

tetradic

#16B375 #2716B3 #B31654 #A2B316

square

#16B375 #2716B3 #B31654 #A2B316

split-complementary

#16B375 #B316A2 #B32716

monochromatic

#09462E #0F7C51 #16B375 #22E497 #59EBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#16B375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#16B375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B375

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B375	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.151 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cb9d',
    500: '#16b375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b375;
$custom-light: #74cb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.306,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67791,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B375

secondary

#CE5786

accent

#3380F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B375

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

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