#16B489#16B489

#16B489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.136 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B489
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(164, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(164, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -48.01, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 49.35, 166.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.1326 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.136 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1649, 34.6165, 29.2282)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B489 #B41641

analogous

#16B43A #16B489 #1690B4

triadic

#16B489 #8916B4 #B48916

tetradic

#16B489 #3A16B4 #B41641 #90B416

square

#16B489 #3A16B4 #B41641 #90B416

split-complementary

#16B489 #B41690 #B43A16

monochromatic

#094736 #0F7D5F #16B489 #23E4B0 #5AEBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#16B489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#16B489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B489

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B489	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)

#AFA787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.136 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbab',
    500: '#16b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b489;
$custom-light: #75cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.671,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B489

secondary

#CE5878

accent

#3368F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B489

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

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