#16B497#16B497

#16B497 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B497
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 16.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -44.43, 4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 44.63, 174.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.1258 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.126 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2351, 35.0446, 34.8645)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B497 #B41633

analogous

#16B448 #16B497 #1682B4

triadic

#16B497 #9716B4 #B49716

tetradic

#16B497 #4816B4 #B41633 #82B416

square

#16B497 #4816B4 #B41633 #82B416

split-complementary

#16B497 #B41682 #B44816

monochromatic

#09473C #0F7D69 #16B497 #23E4C1 #5AEBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#16B497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#16B497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B497

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B497	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb5',
    500: '#16b497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b497;
$custom-light: #76cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.987,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68915,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B497

secondary

#CE586D

accent

#3357F5

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF9F6

border

#C9D2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B497

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

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