#16B422#16B422

#16B422 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.216 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B422
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 34)
HSL	hsl(125, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(125, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -63.88, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 86.34, 137.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.173 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.216 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9397, 32.9264, 6.9757)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16B422 #B416A8

analogous

#59B416 #16B422 #16B471

triadic

#16B422 #2216B4 #B42216

tetradic

#16B422 #1659B4 #B416A8 #B47116

square

#16B422 #1659B4 #B416A8 #B47116

split-complementary

#16B422 #7116B4 #B41659

monochromatic

#09470D #0F7D18 #16B422 #23E432 #5AEB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#16B422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#16B422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B422

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B422	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AF99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.216 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cc6a',
    500: '#16b422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b422;
$custom-light: #77cc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.557,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66974,
    "c": 0.21586,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B422

secondary

#CE58C5

accent

#33E6F5

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#EFF9EC

border

#CAD2C7

text

#0B1407

muted

#7C827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B422

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

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