#16B47C#16B47C

#16B47C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.146 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B47C
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 124)
HSL	hsl(159, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(159, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 31.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -51.07, 18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 54.19, 160.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.1389 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.146 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2879, 34.2657, 24.6095)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B47C #B4164E

analogous

#16B42D #16B47C #169DB4

triadic

#16B47C #7C16B4 #B47C16

tetradic

#16B47C #2D16B4 #B4164E #9DB416

square

#16B47C #2D16B4 #B4164E #9DB416

split-complementary

#16B47C #B4169D #B42D16

monochromatic

#094731 #0F7D56 #16B47C #23E4A0 #5AEBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#16B47C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#16B47C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B47C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B47C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B47C	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#B1A679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b47c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.146 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74cba2',
    500: '#16b47c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b47c;
$custom-light: #74cba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b47c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.734,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68212,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B47C

secondary

#CE5882

accent

#3378F5

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF9F2

border

#C9D2CC

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B47C

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

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