#168C5B#168C5B

#168C5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.124 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C5B
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 91)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(155, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 0%, 35%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, -42.85, 17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 46.34, 157.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% -0.116 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.124 159)
XYZ	xyz(11.5961, 19.6806, 13.0831)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C5B #8C1647

analogous

#168C20 #168C5B #16828C

triadic

#168C5B #5B168C #8C5B16

tetradic

#168C5B #20168C #8C1647 #828C16

square

#168C5B #20168C #8C1647 #828C16

split-complementary

#168C5B #8C1682 #8C2016

monochromatic

#052216 #0E5739 #168C5B #1EC17D #3CE09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#168C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#168C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C5B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C5B	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.124 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae89',
    500: '#168c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c5b;
$custom-light: #6aae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.085,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56694,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.19682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C5B

secondary

#C03E74

accent

#3884F0

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C5B

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

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