#16C937#16C937

#16C937 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.227 H 144.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C937
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(131, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(131, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -68.53, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 89.79, 139.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1848 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.227 144.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9055, 42.2169, 10.6078)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16C937 #C916A8

analogous

#4FC916 #16C937 #16C990

triadic

#16C937 #3716C9 #C93716

tetradic

#16C937 #164FC9 #C916A8 #C99016

square

#16C937 #164FC9 #C916A8 #C99016

split-complementary

#16C937 #9016C9 #C9164F

monochromatic

#0A5B19 #109228 #16C937 #33E955 #6BEF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#16C937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#16C937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C937

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C937	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.227 144.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cdb77',
    500: '#16c937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c937;
$custom-light: #7cdb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.061,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72778,
    "c": 0.22697,
    "h": 144.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C937

secondary

#D467C0

accent

#31D2F7

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0C1509

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C937

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

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