#169E42#169E42

#169E42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.171 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E42
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(139, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(139, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 58.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -53.91, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 65.98, 144.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.1447 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.171 148)
XYZ	xyz(13.5400, 25.0159, 9.2681)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E42 #9E1672

analogous

#2E9E16 #169E42 #169E86

triadic

#169E42 #42169E #9E4216

tetradic

#169E42 #162E9E #9E1672 #9E8616

square

#169E42 #162E9E #9E1672 #9E8616

split-complementary

#169E42 #86169E #9E162E

monochromatic

#073315 #0F682C #169E42 #1DD458 #49E67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#169E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#169E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E42

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E42	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.171 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bc79',
    500: '#169e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e42;
$custom-light: #70bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6122,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.25018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E42

secondary

#C7499E

accent

#36B5F2

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF6ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E42

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

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