#168959#168959

#168959 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.122 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168959
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(155, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(155, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 35%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, -42.10, 17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 45.54, 157.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% -0.114 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.122 159)
XYZ	xyz(11.0785, 18.7818, 12.4906)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168959 #891646

analogous

#168920 #168959 #167F89

triadic

#168959 #591689 #895916

tetradic

#168959 #201689 #891646 #7F8916

square

#168959 #201689 #891646 #7F8916

split-complementary

#168959 #89167F #892016

monochromatic

#052014 #0E5437 #168959 #1EBE7B #3ADF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#168959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#168959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168959

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168959	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.122 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aac88',
    500: '#168959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168959;
$custom-light: #6aac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.957,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5582,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.18783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168959

secondary

#BD3E73

accent

#3985EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4EF

border

#C7CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168959

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

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