#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
RGBrgb(22, 140, 91)
HSLhsl(155, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(155, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.3%, 0%, 35%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(51.47, -42.85, 17.64)
CIE-LCHlch(51.47, 46.34, 157.62°)
OKLaboklab(56.69% -0.116 0.0445)
OKLCHoklch(56.69% 0.124 159)
XYZxyz(11.5961, 19.6806, 13.0831)
Luminance0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##168C5B1.004.254.944.94
#FFFFFF4.251.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9421.001.001.00
##0000004.9421.001.001.00

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

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#168C5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva