#16E2AE#16E2AE

#16E2AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.161 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16E2AE
RGB	rgb(22, 226, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 82%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 90%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.3%, 0%, 23%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -57.11, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 58.54, 167.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.1579 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.161 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1628, 57.6146, 49.3037)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16E2AE #E2164A

analogous

#16E248 #16E2AE #16B0E2

triadic

#16E2AE #AE16E2 #E2AE16

tetradic

#16E2AE #4816E2 #E2164A #B0E216

square

#16E2AE #4816E2 #E2164A #B0E216

split-complementary

#16E2AE #E216B0 #E24816

monochromatic

#0B7258 #11AA83 #16E2AE #48EDC3 #80F3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#16E2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#16E2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16E2AE

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16E2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16E2AE	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16e2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 226, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.161 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ecc6',
    500: '#16e2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16e2ae;
$custom-light: #80ecc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16e2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.706,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81205,
    "c": 0.16132,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16E2AE

secondary

#7B2138

accent

#2F63F9

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #16E2AE

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

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