#168A5D#168A5D

#168A5D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.120 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A5D
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 93)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(157, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 0%, 32.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, -41.59, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 44.44, 159.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% -0.113 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.12 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3939, 19.1364, 13.4470)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A5D #8A1643

analogous

#168A23 #168A5D #167D8A

triadic

#168A5D #5D168A #8A5D16

tetradic

#168A5D #23168A #8A1643 #7D8A16

square

#168A5D #23168A #8A1643 #7D8A16

split-complementary

#168A5D #8A167D #8A2316

monochromatic

#052016 #0E5539 #168A5D #1EBF81 #3BE0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#168A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#168A5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A5D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A5D	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.120 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad8b',
    500: '#168a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a5d;
$custom-light: #6aad8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.724,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A5D

secondary

#BE3E70

accent

#397FEF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A5D

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

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