#168D5A#168D5A

#168D5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.127 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168D5A
RGBrgb(22, 141, 90)
HSLhsl(154, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(154, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 0%, 36.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(51.79, -43.47, 18.63)
CIE-LCHlch(51.79, 47.29, 156.80°)
OKLaboklab(56.95% -0.1175 0.0469)
OKLCHoklch(56.95% 0.127 158.3)
XYZxyz(11.7000, 19.9570, 12.9063)
Luminance0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168D5A #8D1649
analogous
#168D1F #168D5A #16858D
triadic
#168D5A #5A168D #8D5A16
tetradic
#168D5A #1F168D #8D1649 #858D16
square
#168D5A #1F168D #8D1649 #858D16
split-complementary
#168D5A #8D1685 #8D1F16
monochromatic
#052316 #0E5838 #168D5A #1EC27C #3DE19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21
#168D5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99
#168D5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D5A
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168D5A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168D5A1.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C8157
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E785D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008C80
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.127 158.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6baf89',
    500: '#168d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168d5a;
$custom-light: #6baf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56947,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168D5A
secondary
#C13E76
accent
#3887F0
background
#F6FAF8
surface
#ECF5F0
border
#C7CFCB
text
#08100B
muted
#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

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#168D5A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva