#16B487#16B487

#16B487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.137 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B487
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(163, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(163, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 25%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -48.50, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 50.07, 165.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.1336 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.137 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0227, 34.5596, 28.4796)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B487 #B41643

analogous

#16B438 #16B487 #1692B4

triadic

#16B487 #8716B4 #B48716

tetradic

#16B487 #3816B4 #B41643 #92B416

square

#16B487 #3816B4 #B41643 #92B416

split-complementary

#16B487 #B41692 #B43816

monochromatic

#094735 #0F7D5E #16B487 #23E4AD #5AEBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#16B487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#16B487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B487

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B487	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E998A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.137 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbaa',
    500: '#16b487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b487;
$custom-light: #75cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.911,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68479,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B487

secondary

#CE5879

accent

#336AF5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B487

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

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