#16B42C#16B42C

#16B42C is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.211 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B42C
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(128, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(128, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -63.20, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 83.76, 138.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.1707 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.211 144)
XYZ	xyz(17.1056, 32.9928, 7.8491)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B42C #B4169E

analogous

#4FB416 #16B42C #16B47B

triadic

#16B42C #2C16B4 #B42C16

tetradic

#16B42C #164FB4 #B4169E #B47B16

square

#16B42C #164FB4 #B4169E #B47B16

split-complementary

#16B42C #7B16B4 #B4164F

monochromatic

#094711 #0F7D1F #16B42C #23E43E #5AEB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#16B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#16B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B42C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B42C	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)

#B8A20E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AF9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.211 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cc6f',
    500: '#16b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b42c;
$custom-light: #76cc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.354,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67036,
    "c": 0.21099,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.32995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B42C

secondary

#CE58BE

accent

#33DAF5

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF9ED

border

#CAD2C8

text

#0B1308

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B42C

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

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