#168B5D#168B5D

#168B5D is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.121 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168B5D
RGBrgb(22, 139, 93)
HSLhsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(156, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 0%, 33.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.18, -42.00, 16.11)
CIE-LCHlch(51.18, 44.98, 159.01°)
OKLaboklab(56.47% -0.114 0.0408)
OKLCHoklch(56.47% 0.121 160.3)
XYZxyz(11.5380, 19.4247, 13.4950)
Luminance0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168B5D #8B1644
analogous
#168B22 #168B5D #167F8B
triadic
#168B5D #5D168B #8B5D16
tetradic
#168B5D #22168B #8B1644 #7F8B16
square
#168B5D #22168B #8B1644 #7F8B16
split-complementary
#168B5D #8B167F #8B2216
monochromatic
#052116 #0E563A #168B5D #1EC080 #3BE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30
#168B5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89
#168B5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B5D
4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168B5D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168B5D1.004.304.894.89
#FFFFFF4.301.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8921.001.001.00
##0000004.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#89805A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C7660
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008A7F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.121 160.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae8b',
    500: '#168b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168b5d;
$custom-light: #6aae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.41,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56465,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168B5D
secondary
#BF3E71
accent
#3880EF
background
#F6FAF8
surface
#ECF4F0
border
#C7CECB
text
#08100C
muted
#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

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#168B5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva