#168A5B#168A5B

#168A5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.122 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A5B
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 0%, 34.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, -42.05, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 45.26, 158.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.114 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.122 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3065, 19.1014, 12.9865)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A5B #8A1645

analogous

#168A21 #168A5B #167F8A

triadic

#168A5B #5B168A #8A5B16

tetradic

#168A5B #21168A #8A1645 #7F8A16

square

#168A5B #21168A #8A1645 #7F8A16

split-complementary

#168A5B #8A167F #8A2116

monochromatic

#052015 #0E5538 #168A5B #1EBF7E #3BE09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#168A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#168A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A5B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A5B	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B755E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.122 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad89',
    500: '#168a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a5b;
$custom-light: #6aad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.69,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56143,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A5B

secondary

#BE3E72

accent

#3983EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A5B

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

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