#168978#168978

#168978 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.098 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168978
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(171, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 12.4%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, -34.15, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 34.15, 179.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0984 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.098 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6650, 19.4164, 20.8459)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168978 #891627

analogous

#16893E #168978 #166089

triadic

#168978 #781689 #897816

tetradic

#168978 #3E1689 #891627 #608916

square

#168978 #3E1689 #891627 #608916

split-complementary

#168978 #891660 #893E16

monochromatic

#05201C #0E544A #168978 #1EBEA6 #3ADFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#168978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#168978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168978

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168978	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.098 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bac9e',
    500: '#168978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168978;
$custom-light: #6bac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.13,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168978

secondary

#BD3E51

accent

#3954EF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168978

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

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