#16B49A#16B49A

#16B49A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B49A
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(170, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(170, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -43.63, 2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 43.70, 176.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.1244 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.125 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4818, 35.1433, 36.1640)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B49A #B41630

analogous

#16B44B #16B49A #167FB4

triadic

#16B49A #9A16B4 #B49A16

tetradic

#16B49A #4B16B4 #B41630 #7FB416

square

#16B49A #4B16B4 #B41630 #7FB416

split-complementary

#16B49A #B4167F #B44B16

monochromatic

#09473D #0F7D6B #16B49A #23E4C4 #5AEBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#16B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#16B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B49A

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B49A	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb7',
    500: '#16b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b49a;
$custom-light: #76cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.127,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B49A

secondary

#CE586B

accent

#3353F5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B49A

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

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