#16C994#16C994

#16C994 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.152 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C994
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(162, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 26.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -53.63, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 55.71, 164.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.1471 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.152 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5596, 44.0785, 35.1194)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C994 #C9164B

analogous

#16C93B #16C994 #16A4C9

triadic

#16C994 #9416C9 #C99416

tetradic

#16C994 #3B16C9 #C9164B #A4C916

square

#16C994 #3B16C9 #C9164B #A4C916

split-complementary

#16C994 #C916A4 #C93B16

monochromatic

#0A5B43 #10926B #16C994 #33E9B3 #6BEFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#16C994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#16C994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C994

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C994	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.152 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adab3',
    500: '#16c994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c994;
$custom-light: #7adab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.235,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74234,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C994

secondary

#D46787

accent

#316CF7

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#EFFBF6

border

#CAD4D0

text

#0B1511

muted

#7C8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C994

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

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