#16B472#16B472

#16B472 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.155 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B472
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 114)
HSL	hsl(155, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(155, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 36.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -53.23, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 58.09, 156.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.1437 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.155 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6873, 34.0255, 21.4463)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B472 #B41658

analogous

#16B423 #16B472 #16A7B4

triadic

#16B472 #7216B4 #B47216

tetradic

#16B472 #2316B4 #B41658 #A7B416

square

#16B472 #2316B4 #B41658 #A7B416

split-complementary

#16B472 #B416A7 #B42316

monochromatic

#09472D #0F7D4F #16B472 #23E493 #5AEBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#16B472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B472

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B472	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.155 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cc9b',
    500: '#16b472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b472;
$custom-light: #74cc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.937,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67992,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B472

secondary

#CE5889

accent

#3384F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B472

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

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