#168B5E#168B5E

#168B5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.120 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B5E
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(157, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -41.77, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 44.58, 159.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% -0.1135 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.12 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5826, 19.4425, 13.7298)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B5E #8B1643

analogous

#168B24 #168B5E #167E8B

triadic

#168B5E #5E168B #8B5E16

tetradic

#168B5E #24168B #8B1643 #7E8B16

square

#168B5E #24168B #8B1643 #7E8B16

split-complementary

#168B5E #8B167E #8B2416

monochromatic

#052117 #0E563A #168B5E #1EC082 #3BE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#168B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#168B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B5E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B5E	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)

#89805B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.120 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae8c',
    500: '#168b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b5e;
$custom-light: #6aae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56489,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B5E

secondary

#BF3E70

accent

#387FEF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B5E

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

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