#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
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 123)
HSL	hsl(159, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(159, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 31.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -50.91, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 54.06, 160.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.1384 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.146 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0239, 33.8382, 24.2111)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##16B37B	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16B37B

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

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