#16C981#16C981

#16C981 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.168 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C981
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(156, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(156, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 35.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -57.81, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 62.84, 156.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1561 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.168 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1772, 43.5256, 27.8389)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C981 #C9165E

analogous

#16C927 #16C981 #16B7C9

triadic

#16C981 #8116C9 #C98116

tetradic

#16C981 #2716C9 #C9165E #B7C916

square

#16C981 #2716C9 #C9165E #B7C916

split-complementary

#16C981 #C916B7 #C92716

monochromatic

#0A5B3A #10925E #16C981 #33E9A0 #6BEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#16C981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#16C981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C981

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C981	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.168 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79dba6',
    500: '#16c981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c981;
$custom-light: #79dba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.866,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C981

secondary

#D46793

accent

#3181F7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF4

border

#CAD4CE

text

#0B150F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C981

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

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