#16B47F#16B47F

#16B47F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.144 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B47F
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 127)
HSL	hsl(160, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(160, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 29.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -50.39, 16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 53.04, 161.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.1374 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.144 163)
XYZ	xyz(20.4805, 34.3427, 25.6239)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B47F #B4164B

analogous

#16B430 #16B47F #169AB4

triadic

#16B47F #7F16B4 #B47F16

tetradic

#16B47F #3016B4 #B4164B #9AB416

square

#16B47F #3016B4 #B4164B #9AB416

split-complementary

#16B47F #B4169A #B43016

monochromatic

#094732 #0F7D59 #16B47F #23E4A3 #5AEBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#16B47F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#16B47F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B47F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B47F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B47F	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b47f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.144 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cba4',
    500: '#16b47f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b47f;
$custom-light: #75cba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b47f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.873,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68282,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.34345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B47F

secondary

#CE587F

accent

#3374F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B47F

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

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