#16B383#16B383

#16B383 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.139 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B383
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 131)
HSL	hsl(162, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 26.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -49.06, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 51.04, 164.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.1345 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.139 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5453, 34.0468, 26.9572)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B383 #B31646

analogous

#16B335 #16B383 #1695B3

triadic

#16B383 #8316B3 #B38316

tetradic

#16B383 #3516B3 #B31646 #95B316

square

#16B383 #3516B3 #B31646 #95B316

split-complementary

#16B383 #B31695 #B33516

monochromatic

#094633 #0F7C5B #16B383 #22E4A9 #59EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#16B383 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B383

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B383	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.139 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba7',
    500: '#16b383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b383;
$custom-light: #74cba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.656,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68117,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B383

secondary

#CE577B

accent

#336EF5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B383

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

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