#16CDAE#16CDAE

#16CDAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16CDAE
RGB	rgb(22, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.3%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -48.77, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 48.90, 175.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1386 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.139 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7981, 46.8853, 47.5154)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16CDAE #CD1635

analogous

#16CD53 #16CDAE #1691CD

triadic

#16CDAE #AE16CD #CDAE16

tetradic

#16CDAE #5316CD #CD1635 #91CD16

square

#16CDAE #5316CD #CD1635 #91CD16

split-complementary

#16CDAE #CD1691 #CD5316

monochromatic

#0A5E50 #10967F #16CDAE #37EACB #6EEFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#16CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#16CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16CDAE

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16CDAE	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cddc6',
    500: '#16cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16cdae;
$custom-light: #7cddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.836,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75941,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16CDAE

secondary

#D5697C

accent

#3152F7

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #16CDAE

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

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