#16B477#16B477

#16B477 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.151 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B477
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 119)
HSL	hsl(157, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(157, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 33.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -52.17, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 56.12, 158.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.1413 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.151 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9797, 34.1424, 22.9863)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B477 #B41653

analogous

#16B428 #16B477 #16A2B4

triadic

#16B477 #7716B4 #B47716

tetradic

#16B477 #2816B4 #B41653 #A2B416

square

#16B477 #2816B4 #B41653 #A2B416

split-complementary

#16B477 #B416A2 #B42816

monochromatic

#09472F #0F7D53 #16B477 #23E49A #5AEBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#16B477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#16B477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B477

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B477	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.151 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cc9e',
    500: '#16b477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b477;
$custom-light: #74cc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.835,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68099,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B477

secondary

#CE5885

accent

#337EF5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B477

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

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