#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
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 92)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 33.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, -42.23, 16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 45.39, 158.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.1145 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.122 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4940, 19.4071, 13.2633)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##168B5C	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B5C

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

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