#16B485#16B485

#16B485 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.139 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16B485
RGBrgb(22, 180, 133)
HSLhsl(162, 78%, 40%)
HSVhsv(162, 88%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(87.8%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.36, -48.98, 13.48)
CIE-LCHlch(65.36, 50.80, 164.61°)
OKLaboklab(68.43% -0.1345 0.0344)
OKLCHoklch(68.43% 0.139 165.7)
XYZxyz(20.8833, 34.5038, 27.7450)
Luminance0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16B485 #B41645
analogous
#16B436 #16B485 #1694B4
triadic
#16B485 #8516B4 #B48516
tetradic
#16B485 #3616B4 #B41645 #94B416
square
#16B485 #3616B4 #B41645 #94B416
split-complementary
#16B485 #B41694 #B43616
monochromatic
#094734 #0F7D5D #16B485 #23E4AB #5AEBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66
#16B485 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90
#16B485 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B485
7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16B485#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16B4851.002.667.907.90
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9021.001.001.00
##0000007.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A682
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E9988
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16b485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.139 165.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cba8',
    500: '#16b485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16b485;
$custom-light: #75cba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16b485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.152,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68428,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16B485
secondary
#CE587B
accent
#336DF5
background
#F7FCFA
surface
#EEF9F4
border
#C9D2CE
text
#0A130F
muted
#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B485

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#16B485 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva