#16B488#16B488

#16B488 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.137 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B488
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(163, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(163, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -48.26, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 49.71, 166.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.1331 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.137 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0935, 34.5879, 28.8522)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B488 #B41642

analogous

#16B439 #16B488 #1691B4

triadic

#16B488 #8816B4 #B48816

tetradic

#16B488 #3916B4 #B41642 #91B416

square

#16B488 #3916B4 #B41642 #91B416

split-complementary

#16B488 #B41691 #B43916

monochromatic

#094736 #0F7D5F #16B488 #23E4AE #5AEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#16B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#16B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B488

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B488	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.137 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbaa',
    500: '#16b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b488;
$custom-light: #75cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.291,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68504,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B488

secondary

#CE5879

accent

#3369F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B488

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

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