#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
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 134)
HSL	hsl(158, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(158, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 33.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -56.76, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 60.92, 158.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.1538 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.164 160)
XYZ	xyz(25.5178, 43.6618, 29.6323)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##16C986	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16C986

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

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