#16B376#16B376

#16B376 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.150 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B376
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 118)
HSL	hsl(157, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(157, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 34.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -52.01, 20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 56.00, 158.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.1408 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.15 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7188, 33.7162, 22.6046)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B376 #B31653

analogous

#16B328 #16B376 #16A2B3

triadic

#16B376 #7616B3 #B37616

tetradic

#16B376 #2816B3 #B31653 #A2B316

square

#16B376 #2816B3 #B31653 #A2B316

split-complementary

#16B376 #B316A2 #B32816

monochromatic

#09462E #0F7C52 #16B376 #22E499 #59EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#16B376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#16B376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B376

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B376	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)

#B1A472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0987A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.150 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cb9e',
    500: '#16b376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b376;
$custom-light: #74cb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.688,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67813,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B376

secondary

#CE5785

accent

#337EF5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B376

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

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