#168D5F#168D5F

#168D5F is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.122 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D5F
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 95)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(157, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 32.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, -42.35, 15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 45.25, 159.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.115 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.122 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9200, 20.0450, 14.0651)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D5F #8D1644

analogous

#168D24 #168D5F #16808D

triadic

#168D5F #5F168D #8D5F16

tetradic

#168D5F #24168D #8D1644 #808D16

square

#168D5F #24168D #8D1644 #808D16

split-complementary

#168D5F #8D1680 #8D2416

monochromatic

#052318 #0E583B #168D5F #1EC283 #3DE1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#168D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#168D5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D5F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D5F	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#8B825C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.122 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6baf8c',
    500: '#168d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d5f;
$custom-light: #6baf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.807,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57062,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D5F

secondary

#C13E71

accent

#387FF0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D5F

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

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