#168B5F#168B5F

#168B5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.119 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B5F
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 95)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(157, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 31.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -41.54, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 44.17, 160.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% -0.113 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.119 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6278, 19.4606, 13.9677)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B5F #8B1642

analogous

#168B25 #168B5F #167D8B

triadic

#168B5F #5F168B #8B5F16

tetradic

#168B5F #25168B #8B1642 #7D8B16

square

#168B5F #25168B #8B1642 #7D8B16

split-complementary

#168B5F #8B167D #8B2516

monochromatic

#052117 #0E563B #168B5F #1EC083 #3BE0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#168B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#168B5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B5F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B5F	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#89805C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.119 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae8c',
    500: '#168b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b5f;
$custom-light: #6aae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56513,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B5F

secondary

#BF3E6E

accent

#387DEF

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B5F

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

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