#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
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 120)
HSL	hsl(157, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(157, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 33.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -51.95, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 55.74, 158.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.1408 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.15 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0401, 34.1666, 23.3043)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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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
##16B478	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)

#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

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

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