#16B482#16B482

#16B482 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.141 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B482
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 130)
HSL	hsl(161, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(161, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 27.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -49.69, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 51.92, 163.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.136 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.141 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6790, 34.4221, 26.6690)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B482 #B41648

analogous

#16B433 #16B482 #1697B4

triadic

#16B482 #8216B4 #B48216

tetradic

#16B482 #3316B4 #B41648 #97B416

square

#16B482 #3316B4 #B41648 #97B416

split-complementary

#16B482 #B41697 #B43316

monochromatic

#094733 #0F7D5B #16B482 #23E4A7 #5AEBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#16B482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#16B482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B482

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B482	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A67F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.141 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cba6',
    500: '#16b482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b482;
$custom-light: #75cba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.013,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68354,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B482

secondary

#CE587D

accent

#3370F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B482

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

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