#16C995#16C995

#16C995 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.151 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16C995
RGBrgb(22, 201, 149)
HSLhsl(163, 80%, 44%)
HSVhsv(163, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(89.1%, 0%, 25.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.30, -53.40, 14.54)
CIE-LCHlch(72.30, 55.34, 164.77°)
OKLaboklab(74.26% -0.1467 0.0371)
OKLCHoklch(74.26% 0.151 165.8)
XYZxyz(26.6391, 44.1103, 35.5381)
Luminance0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16C995 #C9164A
analogous
#16C93B #16C995 #16A3C9
triadic
#16C995 #9516C9 #C99516
tetradic
#16C995 #3B16C9 #C9164A #A3C916
square
#16C995 #3B16C9 #C9164A #A3C916
split-complementary
#16C995 #C916A3 #C93B16
monochromatic
#0A5B43 #10926C #16C995 #33E9B4 #6BEFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#16C995 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82
#16C995 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C995
9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16C995#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##16C9951.002.149.829.82
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8221.001.001.00
##0000009.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4BA92
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1AB98
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CABB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16c995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.151 165.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adab4',
    500: '#16c995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16c995;
$custom-light: #7adab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16c995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.57,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16C995
secondary
#D46786
accent
#316BF7
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#EFFBF6
border
#CAD4D0
text
#0B1511
muted
#7C8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C995

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#16C995 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva