#16B484#16B484

#16B484 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.140 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B484
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 132)
HSL	hsl(162, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(162, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 26.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -49.22, 14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 51.17, 164.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.135 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.14 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8145, 34.4763, 27.3829)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B484 #B41646

analogous

#16B435 #16B484 #1695B4

triadic

#16B484 #8416B4 #B48416

tetradic

#16B484 #3516B4 #B41646 #95B416

square

#16B484 #3516B4 #B41646 #95B416

split-complementary

#16B484 #B41695 #B43516

monochromatic

#094734 #0F7D5C #16B484 #23E4A9 #5AEBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#16B484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#16B484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B484

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B484	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.140 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cba7',
    500: '#16b484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b484;
$custom-light: #75cba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.772,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68403,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B484

secondary

#CE587C

accent

#336EF5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B484

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

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