#16B379#16B379

#16B379 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.148 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B379
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 121)
HSL	hsl(158, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(158, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 32.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -51.35, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 54.84, 159.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.1394 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.148 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8999, 33.7887, 23.5585)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B379 #B31650

analogous

#16B32A #16B379 #169FB3

triadic

#16B379 #7916B3 #B37916

tetradic

#16B379 #2A16B3 #B31650 #9FB316

square

#16B379 #2A16B3 #B31650 #9FB316

split-complementary

#16B379 #B3169F #B32A16

monochromatic

#09462F #0F7C54 #16B379 #22E49C #59EBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#16B379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#16B379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B379

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B379	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.148 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba0',
    500: '#16b379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b379;
$custom-light: #74cba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.834,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B379

secondary

#CE5783

accent

#337BF5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B379

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

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