Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind green-600 #16A34A
Tailwind CSS v3's green-600 is #16A34A. It is a soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.627, chroma 0.170 and hue 149.2°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumseagreen (#3CB371), ΔE2000 7.1 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2686
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.627 · 0.170 · 149.2
- Best text
- Black 6.37:1
- Hue family
- Green
#16A34A color codes
- HEX
#16A34A- RGB
rgb(22, 163, 74)- HSL
hsl(142, 76%, 36%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.627 0.170 149.2)- OKLab
oklab(0.627 -0.146 0.087)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 58.84, a* -54.43, b* 36.21- XYZ (D65)
X 14.66, Y 26.86, Z 10.89- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(87%, 0%, 55%, 36%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #16A34A accessible?
Black text on it reaches 6.37:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.29:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
6.37:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +44
-
White text on it
3.29:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −65
-
As text on black
6.37:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −41
-
As text on white
3.29:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +59
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#00883A 4.58:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.63 to 0.55 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#16A34A 6.37:1
It already reaches 6.37:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #16A34A live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #16A34A
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #16A34A sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 green scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #16A34A can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.176; #16A34A uses 96% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.246 there: 40% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.170
- sRGB edge
- 0.176
- Display P3 edge
- 0.246
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.316
- Dominant wavelength
- 541 nm
- Excitation purity
- 44%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2798, y 0.5125
- This color#16A34A
- Most vivid in sRGB#00A447
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.627 0.246 149.2)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #16a34a;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.6634 0.2041); }
}Mixing
Mixing #16A34A
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#8BD1A5
- OKLab50%#9BD2A4
- OKLCH50%#9BD2A4
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#0B5225
- OKLab50%#033C17
- OKLCH50%#033C17
Its complement #BE5CB9
- sRGB50%#6A8082
- OKLab50%#888888
- OKLCH50%#C76E00
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #16a34a, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #16a34a 50%, white);In use
#16A34A in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.37:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.29:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.29:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.29:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #00883A 4.58:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.37:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.68:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.68:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.68:1 Passes
Color vision
How #16A34A looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 26.7; tritanopia changes it least, 17.6.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#A49442 ΔE2000 24.9
Distinct
Reads as light soft amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#958951 ΔE2000 23.7
Distinct
Reads as muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#00A08F ΔE2000 17.6
Distinct
Reads as soft cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#8E8E8E ΔE2000 26.7
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #BE5CB9. Their lightness contrast is only 1.17:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #16A34A · #BE5CB9 | 79.5 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #A49442 · #5579BC | 49.3 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #958951 · #7386B6 | 39.3 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #00A08F · #C46582 | 58.6 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #8E8E8E · #818181 | 4.7 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #16A34A
Its complement is #BE5CB9, a soft magenta.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#16A34A
- Complement#BE5CB9
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#7F9400
- Base#16A34A
- +30°#009E8A
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#16A34A
- +120°#5F7FEE
- +240°#DC5748
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#16A34A
- +150°#986CDF
- +210°#D55385
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-green-600: #16a34a;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as green-600;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
green: { 600: '#16a34a' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own green-600; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-green-600: oklch(0.627 0.170 149.2);
}{
"color": {
"green-600": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.0863, 0.6392, 0.2902],
"hex": "#16a34a"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 green-600"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let green600 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.086, green: 0.639, blue: 0.290, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Green600 = Color(0xFF16A34A)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #16A34A in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.