#16E2DE#16E2DE

#16E2DE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.140 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16E2DE
RGB	rgb(22, 226, 222)
HSL	hsl(179, 82%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 90%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.3%, 0%, 1.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -44.44, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 45.73, 193.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.1362 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.14 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7057, 59.8318, 78.4963)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16E2DE #E2161A

analogous

#16E278 #16E2DE #1680E2

triadic

#16E2DE #DE16E2 #E2DE16

tetradic

#16E2DE #7816E2 #E2161A #80E216

square

#16E2DE #7816E2 #E2161A #80E216

split-complementary

#16E2DE #E21680 #E27816

monochromatic

#0B7270 #11AAA7 #16E2DE #48EDEA #80F3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#16E2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#16E2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16E2DE

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16E2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16E2DE	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16e2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 226, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.140 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ece8',
    500: '#16e2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16e2de;
$custom-light: #84ece8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16e2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82611,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16E2DE

secondary

#7B2123

accent

#2F33F9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F4FEFC

border

#CED6D5

text

#0D1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #16E2DE

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

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