#16B427#16B427

#16B427 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.214 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B427
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(126, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(126, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -63.56, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 85.11, 138.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.1719 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.214 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0172, 32.9574, 7.3836)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16B427 #B416A3

analogous

#54B416 #16B427 #16B476

triadic

#16B427 #2716B4 #B42716

tetradic

#16B427 #1654B4 #B416A3 #B47616

square

#16B427 #1654B4 #B416A3 #B47616

split-complementary

#16B427 #7616B4 #B41654

monochromatic

#09470F #0F7D1B #16B427 #23E438 #5AEB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#16B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#16B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B427

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B427	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)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AF9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.214 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cc6c',
    500: '#16b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b427;
$custom-light: #77cc6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.456,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67003,
    "c": 0.21356,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B427

secondary

#CE58C1

accent

#33E0F5

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#EFF9EC

border

#CAD2C7

text

#0B1307

muted

#7C827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B427

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

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