#16B382#16B382

#16B382 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.140 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B382
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 130)
HSL	hsl(161, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 27.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -49.30, 14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 51.41, 163.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.135 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.14 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4778, 34.0198, 26.6020)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B382 #B31647

analogous

#16B334 #16B382 #1696B3

triadic

#16B382 #8216B3 #B38216

tetradic

#16B382 #3416B3 #B31647 #96B316

square

#16B382 #3416B3 #B31647 #96B316

split-complementary

#16B382 #B31696 #B33416

monochromatic

#094633 #0F7C5A #16B382 #22E4A7 #59EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B382 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#16B382 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B382

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B382	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B382	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)

#AFA57F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b382;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.140 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba6',
    500: '#16b382',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b382;
$custom-light: #74cba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b382",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.274,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68092,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B382

secondary

#CE577C

accent

#3370F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B382

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

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