#16C982#16C982

#16C982 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.167 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C982
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 130)
HSL	hsl(156, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(156, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 35.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -57.60, 24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 62.45, 157.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1556 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.167 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2440, 43.5523, 28.1907)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C982 #C9165D

analogous

#16C928 #16C982 #16B6C9

triadic

#16C982 #8216C9 #C98216

tetradic

#16C982 #2816C9 #C9165D #B6C916

square

#16C982 #2816C9 #C9165D #B6C916

split-complementary

#16C982 #C916B6 #C92816

monochromatic

#0A5B3B #10925E #16C982 #33E9A1 #6BEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#16C982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#16C982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C982

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C982	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)

#C7B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.167 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79dba6',
    500: '#16c982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c982;
$custom-light: #79dba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.201,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73826,
    "c": 0.16706,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C982

secondary

#D46792

accent

#317FF7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF4

border

#CAD4CE

text

#0B150F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C982

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

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