#168B59#168B59

#168B59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.125 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B59
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(154, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(154, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, -42.90, 18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 46.62, 156.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.116 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.125 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3655, 19.3557, 12.5863)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B59 #8B1648

analogous

#168B1F #168B59 #16838B

triadic

#168B59 #59168B #8B5916

tetradic

#168B59 #1F168B #8B1648 #838B16

square

#168B59 #1F168B #8B1648 #838B16

split-complementary

#168B59 #8B1683 #8B1F16

monochromatic

#052115 #0E5637 #168B59 #1EC07B #3BE09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#168B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#168B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B59

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B59	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C765C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.125 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae88',
    500: '#168b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b59;
$custom-light: #6aae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.359,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56373,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B59

secondary

#BF3E75

accent

#3887EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4EF

border

#C7CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B59

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

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