#16BF8A#16BF8A

#16BF8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.148 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16BF8A
RGB	rgb(22, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(161, 79%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 88%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.5%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -52.10, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 54.44, 163.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1425 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.148 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5463, 39.2641, 30.3775)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16BF8A #BF164B

analogous

#16BF35 #16BF8A #16A0BF

triadic

#16BF8A #8A16BF #BF8A16

tetradic

#16BF8A #3516BF #BF164B #A0BF16

square

#16BF8A #3516BF #BF164B #A0BF16

split-complementary

#16BF8A #BF16A0 #BF3516

monochromatic

#09513B #108862 #16BF8A #2CE7AC #62EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#16BF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#16BF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16BF8A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16BF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16BF8A	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16bf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.148 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77d3ac',
    500: '#16bf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16bf8a;
$custom-light: #77d3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16bf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.183,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71413,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16BF8A

secondary

#D15F83

accent

#326FF6

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFAF4

border

#CAD3CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16BF8A

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

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