#16B37B#16B37B

#16B37B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.146 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16B37B
RGBrgb(22, 179, 123)
HSLhsl(159, 78%, 39%)
HSVhsv(159, 88%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(87.7%, 0%, 31.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.83, -50.91, 18.20)
CIE-LCHlch(64.83, 54.06, 160.33°)
OKLaboklab(67.93% -0.1384 0.0461)
OKLCHoklch(67.93% 0.146 161.6)
XYZxyz(20.0239, 33.8382, 24.2111)
Luminance0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16B37B #B3164E
analogous
#16B32D #16B37B #169CB3
triadic
#16B37B #7B16B3 #B37B16
tetradic
#16B37B #2D16B3 #B3164E #9CB316
square
#16B37B #2D16B3 #B3164E #9CB316
split-complementary
#16B37B #B3169C #B32D16
monochromatic
#094630 #0F7C56 #16B37B #22E49F #59EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70
#16B37B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77
#16B37B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B37B
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16B37B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16B37B1.002.707.777.77
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7721.001.001.00
##0000007.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A578
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F987F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16b37b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.146 161.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba1',
    500: '#16b37b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16b37b;
$custom-light: #74cba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16b37b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.599,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67925,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16B37B
secondary
#CE5781
accent
#3378F5
background
#F7FCF9
surface
#EEF9F2
border
#C9D2CC
text
#0A130F
muted
#7C827E

Preview Lab

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#16B37B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva