#16B48C#16B48C

#16B48C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.134 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B48C
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 140)
HSL	hsl(165, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(165, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 22.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -47.27, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 48.29, 168.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.1311 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.134 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3831, 34.7038, 30.3774)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B48C #B4163E

analogous

#16B43D #16B48C #168DB4

triadic

#16B48C #8C16B4 #B48C16

tetradic

#16B48C #3D16B4 #B4163E #8DB416

square

#16B48C #3D16B4 #B4163E #8DB416

split-complementary

#16B48C #B4168D #B43D16

monochromatic

#094737 #0F7D62 #16B48C #23E4B3 #5AEBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#16B48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#16B48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B48C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B48C	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AFA78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.134 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbad',
    500: '#16b48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b48c;
$custom-light: #75cbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.81,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68609,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B48C

secondary

#CE5876

accent

#3364F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B48C

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

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