#16B47B#16B47B

#16B47B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.147 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B47B
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 123)
HSL	hsl(158, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(158, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 31.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -51.29, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 54.57, 160.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.1394 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.147 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2250, 34.2405, 24.2782)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B47B #B4164F

analogous

#16B42C #16B47B #169EB4

triadic

#16B47B #7B16B4 #B47B16

tetradic

#16B47B #2C16B4 #B4164F #9EB416

square

#16B47B #2C16B4 #B4164F #9EB416

split-complementary

#16B47B #B4169E #B42C16

monochromatic

#094730 #0F7D56 #16B47B #23E49E #5AEBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#16B47B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#16B47B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B47B

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B47B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B47B	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b47b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.147 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba1',
    500: '#16b47b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b47b;
$custom-light: #74cba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b47b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.354,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68189,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B47B

secondary

#CE5882

accent

#3379F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B47B

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

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