#16C98F#16C98F

#16C98F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.156 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C98F
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 143)
HSL	hsl(161, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(161, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 28.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -54.78, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 57.54, 162.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1495 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.156 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1724, 43.9236, 33.0800)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C98F #C91650

analogous

#16C936 #16C98F #16A9C9

triadic

#16C98F #8F16C9 #C98F16

tetradic

#16C98F #3616C9 #C91650 #A9C916

square

#16C98F #3616C9 #C91650 #A9C916

split-complementary

#16C98F #C916A9 #C93616

monochromatic

#0A5B41 #109268 #16C98F #33E9AE #6BEFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#16C98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#16C98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C98F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C98F	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.156 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adab0',
    500: '#16c98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c98f;
$custom-light: #7adab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.559,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74114,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C98F

secondary

#D4678A

accent

#3171F7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF4

border

#CAD4CE

text

#0B1510

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C98F

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

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