#16C990#16C990

#16C990 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.155 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C990
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 144)
HSL	hsl(161, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(161, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 28.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -54.56, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 57.17, 162.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.149 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.155 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2485, 43.9540, 33.4807)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C990 #C9164F

analogous

#16C936 #16C990 #16A8C9

triadic

#16C990 #9016C9 #C99016

tetradic

#16C990 #3616C9 #C9164F #A8C916

square

#16C990 #3616C9 #C9164F #A8C916

split-complementary

#16C990 #C916A8 #C93616

monochromatic

#0A5B41 #109268 #16C990 #33E9AF #6BEFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#16C990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#16C990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C990

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C990	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C5B98D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.155 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adab0',
    500: '#16c990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c990;
$custom-light: #7adab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.894,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74138,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C990

secondary

#D46789

accent

#3170F7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF4

border

#CAD4CE

text

#0B1510

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C990

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

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