#16E2DF#16E2DF

#16E2DF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.139 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16E2DF
RGB	rgb(22, 226, 223)
HSL	hsl(179, 82%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(179, 90%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -44.15, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 45.57, 194.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.1358 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.139 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8401, 59.8856, 79.2043)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16E2DF #E21619

analogous

#16E279 #16E2DF #167FE2

triadic

#16E2DF #DF16E2 #E2DF16

tetradic

#16E2DF #7916E2 #E21619 #7FE216

square

#16E2DF #7916E2 #E21619 #7FE216

split-complementary

#16E2DF #E2167F #E27916

monochromatic

#0B7271 #11AAA8 #16E2DF #48EDEB #80F3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#16E2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#16E2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16E2DF

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16E2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16E2DF	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16e2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 226, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.139 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ece8',
    500: '#16e2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16e2df;
$custom-light: #84ece8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16e2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82645,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16E2DF

secondary

#7B2122

accent

#2F32F9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F4FEFC

border

#CED6D5

text

#0D1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #16E2DF

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

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