#168A5E#168A5E

#168A5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.119 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A5E
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(157, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 0%, 31.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, -41.36, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 44.04, 159.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% -0.1125 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.119 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4385, 19.1542, 13.6818)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A5E #8A1642

analogous

#168A24 #168A5E #167C8A

triadic

#168A5E #5E168A #8A5E16

tetradic

#168A5E #24168A #8A1642 #7C8A16

square

#168A5E #24168A #8A1642 #7C8A16

split-complementary

#168A5E #8A167C #8A2416

monochromatic

#052016 #0E553A #168A5E #1EBF82 #3BE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#168A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#168A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A5E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A5E	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)

#887F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.119 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aad8c',
    500: '#168a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a5e;
$custom-light: #6aad8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56214,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A5E

secondary

#BE3E6E

accent

#397EEF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A5E

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

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