#16B48D#16B48D

#16B48D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.133 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B48D
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 141)
HSL	hsl(165, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(165, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 21.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -47.02, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 47.94, 168.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.1306 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.133 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4571, 34.7334, 30.7674)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B48D #B4163D

analogous

#16B43E #16B48D #168CB4

triadic

#16B48D #8D16B4 #B48D16

tetradic

#16B48D #3E16B4 #B4163D #8CB416

square

#16B48D #3E16B4 #B4163D #8CB416

split-complementary

#16B48D #B4168C #B43E16

monochromatic

#094738 #0F7D62 #16B48D #23E4B4 #5AEBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#16B48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#16B48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B48D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B48D	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.133 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbae',
    500: '#16b48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b48d;
$custom-light: #75cbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.19,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68636,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B48D

secondary

#CE5875

accent

#3363F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B48D

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

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