#168D59#168D59

#168D59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.127 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168D59
RGBrgb(22, 141, 89)
HSLhsl(154, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(154, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 0%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(51.77, -43.68, 19.17)
CIE-LCHlch(51.77, 47.70, 156.31°)
OKLaboklab(56.93% -0.118 0.0482)
OKLCHoklch(56.93% 0.127 157.8)
XYZxyz(11.6577, 19.9401, 12.6837)
Luminance0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168D59 #8D164A
analogous
#168D1E #168D59 #16858D
triadic
#168D59 #59168D #8D5916
tetradic
#168D59 #1E168D #8D164A #858D16
square
#168D59 #1E168D #8D164A #858D16
split-complementary
#168D59 #8D1685 #8D1E16
monochromatic
#052316 #0E5838 #168D59 #1EC27A #3DE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21
#168D59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99
#168D59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D59
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168D59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168D591.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C8156
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E775C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008C80
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.127 157.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6baf88',
    500: '#168d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168d59;
$custom-light: #6baf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.782,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56925,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168D59
secondary
#C13E77
accent
#3888F0
background
#F6FAF8
surface
#ECF5EF
border
#C7CFCA
text
#08100B
muted
#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D59

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#168D59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva