#16B37E#16B37E

#16B37E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.143 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B37E
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 126)
HSL	hsl(160, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(160, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 29.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -50.23, 16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 52.92, 161.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.137 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.143 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2145, 33.9145, 25.2154)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B37E #B3164B

analogous

#16B330 #16B37E #169AB3

triadic

#16B37E #7E16B3 #B37E16

tetradic

#16B37E #3016B3 #B3164B #9AB316

square

#16B37E #3016B3 #B3164B #9AB316

split-complementary

#16B37E #B3169A #B33016

monochromatic

#094631 #0F7C58 #16B37E #22E4A3 #59EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#16B37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#16B37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B37E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B37E	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)

#B0A57B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.143 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba3',
    500: '#16b37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b37e;
$custom-light: #74cba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.745,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B37E

secondary

#CE577F

accent

#3374F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F3

border

#C9D2CD

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B37E

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

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