#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
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(154, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(154, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -43.68, 19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 47.70, 156.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.118 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.127 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6577, 19.9401, 12.6837)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##168D59	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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