#16CDAF#16CDAF

#16CDAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.138 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16CDAF
RGB	rgb(22, 205, 175)
HSL	hsl(170, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.3%, 0%, 14.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -48.50, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 48.61, 176.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.1381 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.138 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8960, 46.9244, 48.0308)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16CDAF #CD1634

analogous

#16CD54 #16CDAF #1690CD

triadic

#16CDAF #AF16CD #CDAF16

tetradic

#16CDAF #5416CD #CD1634 #90CD16

square

#16CDAF #5416CD #CD1634 #90CD16

split-complementary

#16CDAF #CD1690 #CD5416

monochromatic

#0A5E51 #109680 #16CDAF #37EACC #6EEFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#16CDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#16CDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16CDAF

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16CDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16CDAF	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16cdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 205, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.138 176.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16cdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16CDAF

secondary

#D5697B

accent

#3151F7

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #16CDAF

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

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