#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
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 93)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 33.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, -42.00, 16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 44.98, 159.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.114 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.121 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5380, 19.4247, 13.4950)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##168B5D	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #168B5D

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

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