#16CD56#16CD56

#16CD56 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.210 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16CD56
RGB	rgb(22, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(141, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(141, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.3%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -66.41, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 81.28, 144.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.1781 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.21 148)
XYZ	xyz(23.8399, 44.5020, 16.1356)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16CD56 #CD168D

analogous

#31CD16 #16CD56 #16CDB2

triadic

#16CD56 #5616CD #CD5616

tetradic

#16CD56 #1631CD #CD168D #CDB216

square

#16CD56 #1631CD #CD168D #CDB216

split-complementary

#16CD56 #B216CD #CD1631

monochromatic

#0A5E28 #10963F #16CD56 #37EA75 #6EEF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#16CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#16CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16CD56

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16CD56	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.210 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bde89',
    500: '#16cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16cd56;
$custom-light: #7bde89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.984,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74147,
    "c": 0.20993,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.44505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16CD56

secondary

#D569B0

accent

#31B2F7

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16CD56

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

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