#16C993#16C993

#16C993 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.153 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C993
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 147)
HSL	hsl(162, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(162, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 26.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -53.87, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 56.07, 163.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1476 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.153 165)
XYZ	xyz(26.4808, 44.0470, 34.7043)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C993 #C9164C

analogous

#16C939 #16C993 #16A5C9

triadic

#16C993 #9316C9 #C99316

tetradic

#16C993 #3916C9 #C9164C #A5C916

square

#16C993 #3916C9 #C9164C #A5C916

split-complementary

#16C993 #C916A5 #C93916

monochromatic

#0A5B42 #10926B #16C993 #33E9B2 #6BEFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#16C993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#16C993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C993

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C993	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.153 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adab2',
    500: '#16c993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c993;
$custom-light: #7adab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.899,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74209,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.4405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C993

secondary

#D46788

accent

#316DF7

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#EFFBF6

border

#CAD4D0

text

#0B1511

muted

#7C8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C993

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

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