#16B496#16B496

#16B496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B496
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -44.70, 4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 44.94, 174.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.1263 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.127 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1542, 35.0122, 34.4386)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B496 #B41634

analogous

#16B447 #16B496 #1683B4

triadic

#16B496 #9616B4 #B49616

tetradic

#16B496 #4716B4 #B41634 #83B416

square

#16B496 #4716B4 #B41634 #83B416

split-complementary

#16B496 #B41683 #B44716

monochromatic

#09473B #0F7D69 #16B496 #23E4BF #5AEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#16B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#16B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B496

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B496	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb4',
    500: '#16b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b496;
$custom-light: #76cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.608,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68886,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B496

secondary

#CE586E

accent

#3358F5

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF9F6

border

#C9D2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B496

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

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