#168D79#168D79

#168D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.102 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D79
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(170, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -35.68, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 35.73, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.102 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.102 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3052, 20.5991, 21.3602)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D79 #8D162A

analogous

#168D3E #168D79 #16668D

triadic

#168D79 #79168D #8D7916

tetradic

#168D79 #3E168D #8D162A #668D16

square

#168D79 #3E168D #8D162A #668D16

split-complementary

#168D79 #8D1666 #8D3E16

monochromatic

#05231E #0E584C #168D79 #1EC2A6 #3DE1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#168D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#168D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D79

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D79	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	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)

#878478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.102 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6caf9f',
    500: '#168d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d79;
$custom-light: #6caf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.916,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57776,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D79

secondary

#C13E54

accent

#3857F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D79

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

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