#16B473#16B473

#16B473 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.154 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B473
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 115)
HSL	hsl(155, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(155, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 36.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -53.02, 22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 57.69, 156.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.1432 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.154 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7445, 34.0483, 21.7477)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B473 #B41657

analogous

#16B424 #16B473 #16A6B4

triadic

#16B473 #7316B4 #B47316

tetradic

#16B473 #2416B4 #B41657 #A6B416

square

#16B473 #2416B4 #B41657 #A6B416

split-complementary

#16B473 #B416A6 #B42416

monochromatic

#09472D #0F7D50 #16B473 #23E495 #5AEBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#16B473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B473

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B473	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)

#B2A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.154 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cc9b',
    500: '#16b473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b473;
$custom-light: #74cc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.316,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68013,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B473

secondary

#CE5888

accent

#3383F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B473

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

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