#16B37D#16B37D

#16B37D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.144 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B37D
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 125)
HSL	hsl(159, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(159, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 30.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -50.46, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 53.30, 161.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.1374 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.144 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1503, 33.8888, 24.8772)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B37D #B3164C

analogous

#16B32F #16B37D #169BB3

triadic

#16B37D #7D16B3 #B37D16

tetradic

#16B37D #2F16B3 #B3164C #9BB316

square

#16B37D #2F16B3 #B3164C #9BB316

split-complementary

#16B37D #B3169B #B32F16

monochromatic

#094631 #0F7C57 #16B37D #22E4A1 #59EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#16B37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#16B37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B37D

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B37D	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.144 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba2',
    500: '#16b37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b37d;
$custom-light: #74cba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.363,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67972,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B37D

secondary

#CE5780

accent

#3376F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F3

border

#C9D2CD

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B37D

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

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