#168A59#168A59

#168A59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.123 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A59
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(155, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 0%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, -42.50, 17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 46.08, 157.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% -0.115 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.123 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2213, 19.0674, 12.5382)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A59 #8A1647

analogous

#168A1F #168A59 #16818A

triadic

#168A59 #59168A #8A5916

tetradic

#168A59 #1F168A #8A1647 #818A16

square

#168A59 #1F168A #8A1647 #818A16

split-complementary

#168A59 #8A1681 #8A1F16

monochromatic

#052015 #0E5537 #168A59 #1EBF7B #3BE09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#168A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#168A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A59

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A59	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B755C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.123 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad88',
    500: '#168a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a59;
$custom-light: #6aad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56097,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A59

secondary

#BE3E74

accent

#3986EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4EF

border

#C7CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A59

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

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