#16B48B#16B48B

#16B48B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.134 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B48B
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 139)
HSL	hsl(164, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(164, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 22.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -47.52, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 48.64, 167.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.1316 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.134 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3097, 34.6744, 29.9908)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B48B #B4163F

analogous

#16B43C #16B48B #168EB4

triadic

#16B48B #8B16B4 #B48B16

tetradic

#16B48B #3C16B4 #B4163F #8EB416

square

#16B48B #3C16B4 #B4163F #8EB416

split-complementary

#16B48B #B4168E #B43C16

monochromatic

#094737 #0F7D61 #16B48B #23E4B2 #5AEBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#16B48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#16B48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B48B

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B48B	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.134 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbac',
    500: '#16b48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b48b;
$custom-light: #75cbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.43,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68582,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B48B

secondary

#CE5876

accent

#3365F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B48B

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

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