#168B57#168B57

#168B57 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.127 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B57
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 87)
HSL	hsl(153, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(153, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 37.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, -43.33, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 47.45, 155.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.117 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.127 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2826, 19.3225, 12.1500)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B57 #8B164A

analogous

#168B1C #168B57 #16858B

triadic

#168B57 #57168B #8B5716

tetradic

#168B57 #1C168B #8B164A #858B16

square

#168B57 #1C168B #8B164A #858B16

split-complementary

#168B57 #8B1685 #8B1C16

monochromatic

#052115 #0E5636 #168B57 #1EC078 #3BE097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#168B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#168B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B57

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B57	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)

#8A7F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D765A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.127 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae86',
    500: '#168b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b57;
$custom-light: #6aae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56329,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B57

secondary

#BF3E77

accent

#388AEF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4EF

border

#C7CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B57

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

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