#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
RGBrgb(22, 139, 94)
HSLhsl(157, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(157, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.20, -41.77, 15.57)
CIE-LCHlch(51.20, 44.58, 159.55°)
OKLaboklab(56.49% -0.1135 0.0395)
OKLCHoklch(56.49% 0.12 160.8)
XYZxyz(11.5826, 19.4425, 13.7298)
Luminance0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##168B5E1.004.304.894.89
#FFFFFF4.301.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8921.001.001.00
##0000004.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#168B5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva