#16B495#16B495

#16B495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B495
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(168, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -44.96, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 45.26, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.1268 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.127 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0740, 34.9801, 34.0164)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B495 #B41635

analogous

#16B446 #16B495 #1684B4

triadic

#16B495 #9516B4 #B49516

tetradic

#16B495 #4616B4 #B41635 #84B416

square

#16B495 #4616B4 #B41635 #84B416

split-complementary

#16B495 #B41684 #B44616

monochromatic

#09473B #0F7D68 #16B495 #23E4BE #5AEBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#16B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#16B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B495

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B495	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb4',
    500: '#16b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b495;
$custom-light: #76cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.228,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68858,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B495

secondary

#CE586F

accent

#3359F5

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF9F6

border

#C9D2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B495

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

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