#16B48E#16B48E

#16B48E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.132 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B48E
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 142)
HSL	hsl(166, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(166, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 21.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -46.77, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 47.59, 169.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1302 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.132 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5319, 34.7633, 31.1611)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B48E #B4163C

analogous

#16B43F #16B48E #168BB4

triadic

#16B48E #8E16B4 #B48E16

tetradic

#16B48E #3F16B4 #B4163C #8BB416

square

#16B48E #3F16B4 #B4163C #8BB416

split-complementary

#16B48E #B4168B #B43F16

monochromatic

#094738 #0F7D63 #16B48E #23E4B6 #5AEBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#16B48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#16B48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B48E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B48E	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)

#AFA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.132 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbaf',
    500: '#16b48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b48e;
$custom-light: #75cbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.57,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68663,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B48E

secondary

#CE5874

accent

#3362F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B48E

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

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