#16B478#16B478

#16B478 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.150 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16B478
RGBrgb(22, 180, 120)
HSLhsl(157, 78%, 40%)
HSVhsv(157, 88%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(87.8%, 0%, 33.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.09, -51.95, 20.18)
CIE-LCHlch(65.09, 55.74, 158.77°)
OKLaboklab(68.12% -0.1408 0.051)
OKLCHoklch(68.12% 0.15 160.1)
XYZxyz(20.0401, 34.1666, 23.3043)
Luminance0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16B478 #B41652
analogous
#16B429 #16B478 #16A1B4
triadic
#16B478 #7816B4 #B47816
tetradic
#16B478 #2916B4 #B41652 #A1B416
square
#16B478 #2916B4 #B41652 #A1B416
split-complementary
#16B478 #B416A1 #B42916
monochromatic
#09472F #0F7D54 #16B478 #23E49B #5AEBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#16B478 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83
#16B478 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B478
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16B478#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16B4781.002.687.837.83
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8321.001.001.00
##0000007.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A574
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0997C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16b478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.150 160.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cb9f',
    500: '#16b478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16b478;
$custom-light: #74cb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16b478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.215,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68121,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16B478
secondary
#CE5885
accent
#337DF5
background
#F7FCF9
surface
#EEF9F2
border
#C9D2CC
text
#0A130E
muted
#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B478

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#16B478 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva