#16B384#16B384

#16B384 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.138 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B384
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 132)
HSL	hsl(162, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 26.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -48.82, 13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 50.67, 164.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.1341 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.138 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6134, 34.0740, 27.3158)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B384 #B31645

analogous

#16B336 #16B384 #1694B3

triadic

#16B384 #8416B3 #B38416

tetradic

#16B384 #3616B3 #B31645 #94B316

square

#16B384 #3616B3 #B31645 #94B316

split-complementary

#16B384 #B31694 #B33616

monochromatic

#094634 #0F7C5C #16B384 #22E4AA #59EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#16B384 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B384

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B384	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.138 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba7',
    500: '#16b384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b384;
$custom-light: #74cba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.038,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68142,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B384

secondary

#CE577B

accent

#336DF5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B384

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

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