#16B48F#16B48F

#16B48F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.131 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B48F
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 143)
HSL	hsl(166, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(166, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 20.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -46.51, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 47.25, 169.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.1297 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.131 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6073, 34.7934, 31.5583)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B48F #B4163B

analogous

#16B440 #16B48F #168AB4

triadic

#16B48F #8F16B4 #B48F16

tetradic

#16B48F #4016B4 #B4163B #8AB416

square

#16B48F #4016B4 #B4163B #8AB416

split-complementary

#16B48F #B4168A #B44016

monochromatic

#094738 #0F7D64 #16B48F #23E4B7 #5AEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#16B48F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#16B48F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B48F

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B48F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B48F	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b48f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.131 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbaf',
    500: '#16b48f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b48f;
$custom-light: #75cbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b48f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.949,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6869,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B48F

secondary

#CE5873

accent

#3360F5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B48F

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

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