#168B5A#168B5A

#168B5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.124 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B5A
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 90)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(155, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 35.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, -42.68, 17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 46.21, 157.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% -0.1155 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.124 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4077, 19.3726, 12.8089)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B5A #8B1647

analogous

#168B20 #168B5A #16828B

triadic

#168B5A #5A168B #8B5A16

tetradic

#168B5A #20168B #8B1647 #828B16

square

#168B5A #20168B #8B1647 #828B16

split-complementary

#168B5A #8B1682 #8B2016

monochromatic

#052116 #0E5638 #168B5A #1EC07C #3BE09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#168B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#168B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B5A

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B5A	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C765D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.124 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae89',
    500: '#168b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b5a;
$custom-light: #6aae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.872,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56396,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B5A

secondary

#BF3E74

accent

#3885EF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B5A

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

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