#16B475#16B475

#16B475 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.152 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B475
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 117)
HSL	hsl(156, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(156, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 35%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -52.60, 21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 56.91, 157.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.1422 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.152 159)
XYZ	xyz(19.8609, 34.0949, 22.3604)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B475 #B41655

analogous

#16B426 #16B475 #16A4B4

triadic

#16B475 #7516B4 #B47516

tetradic

#16B475 #2616B4 #B41655 #A4B416

square

#16B475 #2616B4 #B41655 #A4B416

split-complementary

#16B475 #B416A4 #B42616

monochromatic

#09472E #0F7D52 #16B475 #23E497 #5AEBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#16B475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#16B475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B475

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B475	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.152 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cc9d',
    500: '#16b475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b475;
$custom-light: #74cc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.076,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68056,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.34097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B475

secondary

#CE5887

accent

#3380F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B475

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

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