#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
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(162, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(162, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -48.98, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 50.80, 164.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.1345 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.139 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8833, 34.5038, 27.7450)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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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
##16B485	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)

#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

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

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