#168D5E#168D5E

#168D5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.123 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D5E
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 94)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 33.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, -42.58, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 45.66, 158.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.1155 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.123 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8748, 20.0270, 13.8272)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D5E #8D1645

analogous

#168D23 #168D5E #16808D

triadic

#168D5E #5E168D #8D5E16

tetradic

#168D5E #23168D #8D1645 #808D16

square

#168D5E #23168D #8D1645 #808D16

split-complementary

#168D5E #8D1680 #8D2316

monochromatic

#052317 #0E583B #168D5E #1EC281 #3DE1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#168D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#168D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D5E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D5E	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B825B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.123 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6baf8c',
    500: '#168d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d5e;
$custom-light: #6baf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.303,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57038,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D5E

secondary

#C13E72

accent

#3881F0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D5E

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

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