#16C983#16C983

#16C983 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.166 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C983
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 131)
HSL	hsl(157, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 34.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -57.40, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 62.07, 157.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.1552 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.166 159)
XYZ	xyz(25.3115, 43.5793, 28.5459)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C983 #C9165C

analogous

#16C929 #16C983 #16B5C9

triadic

#16C983 #8316C9 #C98316

tetradic

#16C983 #2916C9 #C9165C #B5C916

square

#16C983 #2916C9 #C9165C #B5C916

split-complementary

#16C983 #C916B5 #C92916

monochromatic

#0A5B3B #10925F #16C983 #33E9A2 #6BEFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#16C983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#16C983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C983

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C983	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.166 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79dba7',
    500: '#16c983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c983;
$custom-light: #79dba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.536,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.43583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C983

secondary

#D46791

accent

#317EF7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF4

border

#CAD4CE

text

#0B150F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C983

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

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