#168C59#168C59

#168C59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.126 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C59
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(154, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(154, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 0%, 36.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, -43.29, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 47.16, 156.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.117 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.126 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5109, 19.6466, 12.6347)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C59 #8C1649

analogous

#168C1E #168C59 #16848C

triadic

#168C59 #59168C #8C5916

tetradic

#168C59 #1E168C #8C1649 #848C16

square

#168C59 #1E168C #8C1649 #848C16

split-complementary

#168C59 #8C1684 #8C1E16

monochromatic

#052216 #0E5737 #168C59 #1EC17B #3CE099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#168C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#168C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C59

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C59	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.126 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aaf88',
    500: '#168c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c59;
$custom-light: #6aaf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.068,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56649,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C59

secondary

#C03E76

accent

#3887F0

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4EF

border

#C7CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C59

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

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