#168A57#168A57

#168A57 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.125 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A57
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(154, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(154, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 0%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, -42.94, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 46.91, 156.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% -0.116 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.125 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1385, 19.0343, 12.1019)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A57 #8A1649

analogous

#168A1D #168A57 #16838A

triadic

#168A57 #57168A #8A5716

tetradic

#168A57 #1D168A #8A1649 #838A16

square

#168A57 #1D168A #8A1649 #838A16

split-complementary

#168A57 #8A1683 #8A1D16

monochromatic

#052014 #0E5536 #168A57 #1EBF78 #3BE097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#168A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#168A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A57

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A57	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C755A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.125 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad86',
    500: '#168a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a57;
$custom-light: #6aad86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.621,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56052,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A57

secondary

#BE3E76

accent

#3989EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4EF

border

#C7CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A57

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

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