#168B5C#168B5C

#168B5C is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.122 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168B5C
RGBrgb(22, 139, 92)
HSLhsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(156, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 0%, 33.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.16, -42.23, 16.65)
CIE-LCHlch(51.16, 45.39, 158.48°)
OKLaboklab(56.44% -0.1145 0.0421)
OKLCHoklch(56.44% 0.122 159.8)
XYZxyz(11.4940, 19.4071, 13.2633)
Luminance0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168B5C #8B1645
analogous
#168B21 #168B5C #16808B
triadic
#168B5C #5C168B #8B5C16
tetradic
#168B5C #21168B #8B1645 #808B16
square
#168B5C #21168B #8B1645 #808B16
split-complementary
#168B5C #8B1680 #8B2116
monochromatic
#052116 #0E5639 #168B5C #1EC07F #3BE09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30
#168B5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88
#168B5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B5C
4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168B5C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168B5C1.004.304.884.88
#FFFFFF4.301.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8821.001.001.00
##0000004.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#898059
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C765F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008A7F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.122 159.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae8a',
    500: '#168b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168b5c;
$custom-light: #6aae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.897,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56441,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168B5C
secondary
#BF3E72
accent
#3882EF
background
#F6FAF8
surface
#ECF4F0
border
#C7CECB
text
#08100B
muted
#7A7F7C

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#168B5C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva