#16C938#16C938

#16C938 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.226 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C938
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(131, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(131, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -68.45, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 89.49, 139.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.1846 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.226 144.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9297, 42.2266, 10.7354)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C938 #C916A7

analogous

#4DC916 #16C938 #16C991

triadic

#16C938 #3816C9 #C93816

tetradic

#16C938 #164DC9 #C916A7 #C99116

square

#16C938 #164DC9 #C916A7 #C99116

split-complementary

#16C938 #9116C9 #C9164D

monochromatic

#0A5B19 #109229 #16C938 #33E956 #6BEF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#16C938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#16C938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C938

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C938	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.226 144.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bdb77',
    500: '#16c938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c938;
$custom-light: #7bdb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.397,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72785,
    "c": 0.22639,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C938

secondary

#D467BF

accent

#31D1F7

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0C1509

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C938

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

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