#16B381#16B381

#16B381 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.141 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B381
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 129)
HSL	hsl(161, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 27.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -49.53, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 51.79, 163.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.1355 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.141 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4110, 33.9931, 26.2502)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B381 #B31648

analogous

#16B333 #16B381 #1696B3

triadic

#16B381 #8116B3 #B38116

tetradic

#16B381 #3316B3 #B31648 #96B316

square

#16B381 #3316B3 #B31648 #96B316

split-complementary

#16B381 #B31696 #B33316

monochromatic

#094632 #0F7C5A #16B381 #22E4A6 #59EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#16B381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B381

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B381	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.141 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba5',
    500: '#16b381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b381;
$custom-light: #74cba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.892,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68067,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B381

secondary

#CE577D

accent

#3371F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B381

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

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