#168B56#168B56

#168B56 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.128 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B56
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(153, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(153, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, -43.54, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 47.87, 155.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% -0.1175 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.128 157)
XYZ	xyz(11.2421, 19.3063, 11.9363)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B56 #8B164B

analogous

#168B1C #168B56 #16868B

triadic

#168B56 #56168B #8B5616

tetradic

#168B56 #1C168B #8B164B #868B16

square

#168B56 #1C168B #8B164B #868B16

split-complementary

#168B56 #8B1686 #8B1C16

monochromatic

#052115 #0E5635 #168B56 #1EC077 #3BE095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#168B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#168B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B56

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B56	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D765A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.128 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae86',
    500: '#168b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b56;
$custom-light: #6aae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.821,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56307,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.19308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B56

secondary

#BF3E78

accent

#388BEF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4EF

border

#C7CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B56

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

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