#16C992#16C992

#16C992 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.154 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C992
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 146)
HSL	hsl(162, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(162, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 27.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -54.10, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 56.43, 163.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.1481 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.154 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4027, 44.0157, 34.2929)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C992 #C9164D

analogous

#16C938 #16C992 #16A6C9

triadic

#16C992 #9216C9 #C99216

tetradic

#16C992 #3816C9 #C9164D #A6C916

square

#16C992 #3816C9 #C9164D #A6C916

split-complementary

#16C992 #C916A6 #C93816

monochromatic

#0A5B42 #10926A #16C992 #33E9B1 #6BEFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#16C992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#16C992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C992

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C992	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)

#C5BA8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.154 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adab2',
    500: '#16c992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c992;
$custom-light: #7adab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.564,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74185,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C992

secondary

#D46788

accent

#316EF7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF5

border

#CAD4CF

text

#0B1510

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C992

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

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