#168D78#168D78

#168D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.103 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D78
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(169, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 14.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -35.96, 2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 36.04, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.1025 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.103 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2442, 20.5747, 21.0389)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D78 #8D162B

analogous

#168D3D #168D78 #16678D

triadic

#168D78 #78168D #8D7816

tetradic

#168D78 #3D168D #8D162B #678D16

square

#168D78 #3D168D #8D162B #678D16

split-complementary

#168D78 #8D1667 #8D3D16

monochromatic

#05231E #0E584B #168D78 #1EC2A5 #3DE1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#168D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#168D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D78

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D78	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.103 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6caf9e',
    500: '#168d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d78;
$custom-light: #6caf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57745,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D78

secondary

#C13E55

accent

#3859F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D78

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

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