#168E59#168E59

#168E59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.129 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E59
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(154, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(154, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -44.08, 19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 48.25, 156.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.119 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.129 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8058, 20.2364, 12.7330)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E59 #8E164B

analogous

#168E1D #168E59 #16878E

triadic

#168E59 #59168E #8E5916

tetradic

#168E59 #1D168E #8E164B #878E16

square

#168E59 #1D168E #8E164B #878E16

split-complementary

#168E59 #8E1687 #8E1D16

monochromatic

#062417 #0E5938 #168E59 #1EC37A #3DE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#168E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#168E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E59

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E59	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.129 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb088',
    500: '#168e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e59;
$custom-light: #6bb088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57201,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E59

secondary

#C13F78

accent

#3889F0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E59

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

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