#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
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(163, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 25.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -53.40, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 55.34, 164.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.1467 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.151 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6391, 44.1103, 35.5381)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##16C995	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)

#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

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

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