#168C5C#168C5C

#168C5C is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.123 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C5C
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 92)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 0%, 34.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, -42.63, 17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 45.93, 158.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.1155 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.123 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6395, 19.6980, 13.3118)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C5C #8C1646

analogous

#168C21 #168C5C #16818C

triadic

#168C5C #5C168C #8C5C16

tetradic

#168C5C #21168C #8C1646 #818C16

square

#168C5C #21168C #8C1646 #818C16

split-complementary

#168C5C #8C1681 #8C2116

monochromatic

#052216 #0E5739 #168C5C #1EC17F #3CE09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#168C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#168C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C5C

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C5C	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)

#8A8159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.123 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6aae8a',
    500: '#168c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c5c;
$custom-light: #6aae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.593,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56717,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C5C

secondary

#C03E73

accent

#3883F0

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C5C

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

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