#16B378#16B378

#16B378 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.149 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16B378
RGBrgb(22, 179, 120)
HSLhsl(157, 78%, 39%)
HSVhsv(157, 88%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(87.7%, 0%, 33%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.78, -51.57, 19.75)
CIE-LCHlch(64.78, 55.23, 159.05°)
OKLaboklab(67.86% -0.1399 0.0499)
OKLCHoklch(67.86% 0.149 160.4)
XYZxyz(19.8389, 33.7643, 23.2372)
Luminance0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16B378 #B31651
analogous
#16B329 #16B378 #16A0B3
triadic
#16B378 #7816B3 #B37816
tetradic
#16B378 #2916B3 #B31651 #A0B316
square
#16B378 #2916B3 #B31651 #A0B316
split-complementary
#16B378 #B316A0 #B32916
monochromatic
#09462F #0F7C53 #16B378 #22E49B #59EBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71
#16B378 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75
#16B378 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B378
7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16B378#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16B3781.002.717.757.75
#FFFFFF2.711.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7521.001.001.00
##0000007.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A574
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F987C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16b378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.149 160.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cb9f',
    500: '#16b378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16b378;
$custom-light: #74cb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16b378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.452,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67857,
    "c": 0.14851,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16B378
secondary
#CE5784
accent
#337CF5
background
#F7FCF9
surface
#EEF9F2
border
#C9D2CC
text
#0A130E
muted
#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B378

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#16B378 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva