#16B49B#16B49B

#16B49B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16B49B
RGB	rgb(22, 180, 155)
HSL	hsl(171, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 0%, 13.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -43.35, 2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 43.41, 177.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.1239 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.124 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5654, 35.1767, 36.6045)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16B49B #B4162F

analogous

#16B44C #16B49B #167EB4

triadic

#16B49B #9B16B4 #B49B16

tetradic

#16B49B #4C16B4 #B4162F #7EB416

square

#16B49B #4C16B4 #B4162F #7EB416

split-complementary

#16B49B #B4167E #B44C16

monochromatic

#09473D #0F7D6C #16B49B #23E4C6 #5AEBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#16B49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#16B49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16B49B

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16B49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16B49B	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16b49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 180, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb8',
    500: '#16b49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16b49b;
$custom-light: #76cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16b49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.506,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69034,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16B49B

secondary

#CE586A

accent

#3352F5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #16B49B

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

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