#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
RGBrgb(22, 138, 89)
HSLhsl(155, 73%, 31%)
HSVhsv(155, 84%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(84.1%, 0%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(50.77, -42.50, 17.81)
CIE-LCHlch(50.77, 46.08, 157.26°)
OKLaboklab(56.1% -0.115 0.0449)
OKLCHoklch(56.1% 0.123 158.7)
XYZxyz(11.2213, 19.0674, 12.5382)
Luminance0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##168A591.004.364.814.81
#FFFFFF4.361.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8121.001.001.00
##0000004.8121.001.001.00

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

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#168A59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva