#168D6F#168D6F

#168D6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.109 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D6F
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 111)
HSL	hsl(165, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(165, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 21.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, -38.40, 7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 39.09, 169.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.107 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.109 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7234, 20.3664, 18.2964)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D6F #8D1634

analogous

#168D34 #168D6F #16708D

triadic

#168D6F #6F168D #8D6F16

tetradic

#168D6F #34168D #8D1634 #708D16

square

#168D6F #34168D #8D1634 #708D16

split-complementary

#168D6F #8D1670 #8D3416

monochromatic

#05231C #0E5845 #168D6F #1EC299 #3DE1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#168D6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#168D6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D6F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D6F	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89836D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.109 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6baf98',
    500: '#168d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d6f;
$custom-light: #6baf98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.874,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57478,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D6F

secondary

#C13E5F

accent

#3866F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D6F

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

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