#168C5A#168C5A

#168C5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.125 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C5A
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 90)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(155, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 0%, 35.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, -43.07, 18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 46.75, 157.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.1165 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.125 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5532, 19.6635, 12.8574)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C5A #8C1648

analogous

#168C1F #168C5A #16838C

triadic

#168C5A #5A168C #8C5A16

tetradic

#168C5A #1F168C #8C1648 #838C16

square

#168C5A #1F168C #8C1648 #838C16

split-complementary

#168C5A #8C1683 #8C1F16

monochromatic

#052216 #0E5738 #168C5A #1EC17C #3CE09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#168C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#168C5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C5A

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C5A	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.125 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae89',
    500: '#168c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c5a;
$custom-light: #6aae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.576,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56671,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C5A

secondary

#C03E75

accent

#3886F0

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C5A

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

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