#16C986#16C986

#16C986 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.164 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16C986
RGBrgb(22, 201, 134)
HSLhsl(158, 80%, 44%)
HSVhsv(158, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.1%, 0%, 33.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.00, -56.76, 22.12)
CIE-LCHlch(72.00, 60.92, 158.71°)
OKLaboklab(73.91% -0.1538 0.0559)
OKLCHoklch(73.91% 0.164 160)
XYZxyz(25.5178, 43.6618, 29.6323)
Luminance0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16C986 #C91659
analogous
#16C92C #16C986 #16B2C9
triadic
#16C986 #8616C9 #C98616
tetradic
#16C986 #2C16C9 #C91659 #B2C916
square
#16C986 #2C16C9 #C91659 #B2C916
split-complementary
#16C986 #C916B2 #C92C16
monochromatic
#0A5B3C #109261 #16C986 #33E9A5 #6BEFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#16C986 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73
#16C986 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C986
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16C986#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16C9861.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B982
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AB8A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16c986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.164 160.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adba9',
    500: '#16c986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16c986;
$custom-light: #7adba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16c986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.542,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73911,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.43665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16C986
secondary
#D46790
accent
#317BF7
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#EFFBF4
border
#CAD4CE
text
#0B1510
muted
#7C837F

Preview Lab

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#16C986 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva