#16C991#16C991

#16C991 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.154 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C991
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 145)
HSL	hsl(161, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(161, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 27.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -54.33, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 56.80, 163.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.1486 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.154 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3252, 43.9848, 33.8850)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C991 #C9164E

analogous

#16C937 #16C991 #16A7C9

triadic

#16C991 #9116C9 #C99116

tetradic

#16C991 #3716C9 #C9164E #A7C916

square

#16C991 #3716C9 #C9164E #A7C916

split-complementary

#16C991 #C916A7 #C93716

monochromatic

#0A5B41 #109269 #16C991 #33E9B0 #6BEFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#16C991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#16C991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C991

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C991	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.154 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adab1',
    500: '#16c991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c991;
$custom-light: #7adab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.229,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C991

secondary

#D46789

accent

#316FF7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF5

border

#CAD4CF

text

#0B1510

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C991

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

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