#16B492#16B492

#16B492 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B492
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 146)
HSL	hsl(167, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(167, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 18.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -45.74, 6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 46.24, 171.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.1282 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.129 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8376, 34.8856, 32.7712)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B492 #B41638

analogous

#16B443 #16B492 #1687B4

triadic

#16B492 #9216B4 #B49216

tetradic

#16B492 #4316B4 #B41638 #87B416

square

#16B492 #4316B4 #B41638 #87B416

split-complementary

#16B492 #B41687 #B44316

monochromatic

#09473A #0F7D66 #16B492 #23E4BB #5AEBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#16B492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#16B492 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B492

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B492	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75cbb2',
    500: '#16b492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b492;
$custom-light: #75cbb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.089,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68773,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B492

secondary

#CE5871

accent

#335DF5

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F5

border

#C9D2CF

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B492

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

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