#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
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 120)
HSL	hsl(157, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(157, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 33%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -51.57, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 55.23, 159.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.1399 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.149 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8389, 33.7643, 23.2372)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##16B378	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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