#16C984#16C984

#16C984 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.165 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C984
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 132)
HSL	hsl(157, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 34.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -57.19, 23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 61.68, 157.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1547 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.165 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3796, 43.6065, 28.9046)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C984 #C9165B

analogous

#16C92B #16C984 #16B4C9

triadic

#16C984 #8416C9 #C98416

tetradic

#16C984 #2B16C9 #C9165B #B4C916

square

#16C984 #2B16C9 #C9165B #B4C916

split-complementary

#16C984 #C916B4 #C92B16

monochromatic

#0A5B3C #109260 #16C984 #33E9A3 #6BEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#16C984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#16C984 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C984

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C984	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)

#C7B980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.165 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79dba8',
    500: '#16c984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c984;
$custom-light: #79dba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.872,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C984

secondary

#D46791

accent

#317DF7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF4

border

#CAD4CE

text

#0B150F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C984

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

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