#16B48A#16B48A

#16B48A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.135 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B48A
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(164, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -47.77, 10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 48.99, 167.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.1321 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.135 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2369, 34.6453, 29.6077)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B48A #B41640

analogous

#16B43B #16B48A #168FB4

triadic

#16B48A #8A16B4 #B48A16

tetradic

#16B48A #3B16B4 #B41640 #8FB416

square

#16B48A #3B16B4 #B41640 #8FB416

split-complementary

#16B48A #B4168F #B43B16

monochromatic

#094736 #0F7D60 #16B48A #23E4B1 #5AEBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#16B48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#16B48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B48A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B48A	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.135 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbac',
    500: '#16b48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b48a;
$custom-light: #75cbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.051,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68556,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B48A

secondary

#CE5877

accent

#3367F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B48A

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

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