#16B385#16B385

#16B385 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.138 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B385
RGB	rgb(22, 179, 133)
HSL	hsl(162, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 0%, 25.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -48.59, 13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 50.30, 164.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.1336 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.138 166)
XYZ	xyz(20.6821, 34.1015, 27.6780)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B385 #B31644

analogous

#16B336 #16B385 #1693B3

triadic

#16B385 #8516B3 #B38516

tetradic

#16B385 #3616B3 #B31644 #93B316

square

#16B385 #3616B3 #B31644 #93B316

split-complementary

#16B385 #B31693 #B33616

monochromatic

#094634 #0F7C5D #16B385 #22E4AB #59EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#16B385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B385

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B385	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)

#AFA582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 179, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.138 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cba8',
    500: '#16b385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b385;
$custom-light: #75cba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.42,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68167,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.34104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B385

secondary

#CE577A

accent

#336CF5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B385

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

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