#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
RGBrgb(22, 179, 125)
HSLhsl(159, 78%, 39%)
HSVhsv(159, 88%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(87.7%, 0%, 30.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.87, -50.46, 17.17)
CIE-LCHlch(64.87, 53.30, 161.21°)
OKLaboklab(67.97% -0.1374 0.0436)
OKLCHoklch(67.97% 0.144 162.4)
XYZxyz(20.1503, 33.8888, 24.8772)
Luminance0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##16B37D1.002.707.787.78
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7821.001.001.00
##0000007.7821.001.001.00

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

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#16B37D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva