#16B491#16B491

#16B491 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B491
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 145)
HSL	hsl(167, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(167, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 19.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -46.00, 7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 46.57, 171.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.1287 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.13 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7602, 34.8546, 32.3633)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B491 #B41639

analogous

#16B442 #16B491 #1688B4

triadic

#16B491 #9116B4 #B49116

tetradic

#16B491 #4216B4 #B41639 #88B416

square

#16B491 #4216B4 #B41639 #88B416

split-complementary

#16B491 #B41688 #B44216

monochromatic

#094739 #0F7D65 #16B491 #23E4B9 #5AEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#16B491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#16B491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B491

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B491	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbb1',
    500: '#16b491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b491;
$custom-light: #75cbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.709,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68745,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B491

secondary

#CE5872

accent

#335EF5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F5

border

#C9D2CF

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B491

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

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