#169959#169959

#169959 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.143 H 154.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169959
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -48.27, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 54.12, 153.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.1298 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.143 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5239, 23.6726, 13.3058)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169959 #991656

analogous

#169918 #169959 #169899

triadic

#169959 #591699 #995916

tetradic

#169959 #181699 #991656 #989916

square

#169959 #181699 #991656 #989916

split-complementary

#169959 #991698 #991816

monochromatic

#072E1B #0E633A #169959 #1ECF78 #45E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#169959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#169959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169959

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169959	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.143 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb888',
    500: '#169959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169959;
$custom-light: #6eb888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.687,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60222,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169959

secondary

#C54684

accent

#3692F1

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #169959

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

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