#169F5B#169F5B

#169F5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.149 H 154.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F5B
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 91)
HSL	hsl(150, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(150, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 42.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -50.10, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 56.46, 152.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.1346 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.149 154.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6159, 25.7203, 14.0897)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F5B #9F165A

analogous

#169F16 #169F5B #169E9F

triadic

#169F5B #5B169F #9F5B16

tetradic

#169F5B #16169F #9F165A #9E9F16

square

#169F5B #16169F #9F165A #9E9F16

split-complementary

#169F5B #9F169E #9F1616

monochromatic

#07331D #0F693C #169F5B #1DD57A #4AE698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#169F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#169F5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F5B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F5B	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.149 154.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc8a',
    500: '#169f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f5b;
$custom-light: #6fbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.219,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61897,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 154.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F5B

secondary

#C74A88

accent

#3693F2

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF7F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120C

muted

#7B817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F5B

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

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