#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
RGBrgb(22, 179, 133)
HSLhsl(162, 78%, 39%)
HSVhsv(162, 88%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(87.7%, 0%, 25.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.04, -48.59, 13.04)
CIE-LCHlch(65.04, 50.30, 164.98°)
OKLaboklab(68.17% -0.1336 0.0333)
OKLCHoklch(68.17% 0.138 166)
XYZxyz(20.6821, 34.1015, 27.6780)
Luminance0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##16B3851.002.697.827.82
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8221.001.001.00
##0000007.8221.001.001.00

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

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#16B385 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva