#16DAAB#16DAAB

#16DAAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.155 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16DAAB
RGB	rgb(22, 218, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 82%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 90%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.9%, 0%, 21.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -54.74, 10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 55.81, 168.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.152 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.155 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7488, 53.2493, 47.0723)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16DAAB #DA1645

analogous

#16DA49 #16DAAB #16A7DA

triadic

#16DAAB #AB16DA #DAAB16

tetradic

#16DAAB #4916DA #DA1645 #A7DA16

square

#16DAAB #4916DA #DA1645 #A7DA16

split-complementary

#16DAAB #DA16A7 #DA4916

monochromatic

#0B6B54 #10A27F #16DAAB #41ECC3 #79F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#16DAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#16DAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16DAAB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16DAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16DAAB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16daab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 218, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.155 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ee6c4',
    500: '#16daab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16daab;
$custom-light: #7ee6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16daab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.612,
    "s": 81.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79125,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16DAAB

secondary

#742034

accent

#3060F8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0C1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #16DAAB

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

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