#16B476#16B476

#16B476 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.152 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B476
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 118)
HSL	hsl(156, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(156, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 34.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -52.38, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 56.51, 157.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.1418 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.152 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9200, 34.1185, 22.6717)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B476 #B41654

analogous

#16B427 #16B476 #16A3B4

triadic

#16B476 #7616B4 #B47616

tetradic

#16B476 #2716B4 #B41654 #A3B416

square

#16B476 #2716B4 #B41654 #A3B416

split-complementary

#16B476 #B416A3 #B42716

monochromatic

#09472E #0F7D52 #16B476 #23E498 #5AEBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#16B476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#16B476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B476

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B476	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#B2A572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1997A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.152 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cc9e',
    500: '#16b476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b476;
$custom-light: #74cc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.456,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68077,
    "c": 0.15151,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B476

secondary

#CE5886

accent

#337FF5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B476

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

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