#16B42B#16B42B

#16B42B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.212 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B42B
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(128, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(128, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -63.28, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 84.03, 138.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.171 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.212 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0870, 32.9853, 7.7513)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B42B #B4169F

analogous

#50B416 #16B42B #16B47A

triadic

#16B42B #2B16B4 #B42B16

tetradic

#16B42B #1650B4 #B4169F #B47A16

square

#16B42B #1650B4 #B4169F #B47A16

split-complementary

#16B42B #7A16B4 #B41650

monochromatic

#094711 #0F7D1E #16B42B #23E43D #5AEB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#16B42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#16B42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B42B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B42B	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A20B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AF9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.212 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cc6e',
    500: '#16b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b42b;
$custom-light: #77cc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.975,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67029,
    "c": 0.21151,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B42B

secondary

#CE58BE

accent

#33DBF5

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#EFF9EC

border

#CAD2C7

text

#0B1308

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B42B

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

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