#168D7A#168D7A

#168D7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.102 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D7A
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 122)
HSL	hsl(170, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(170, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 13.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, -35.39, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 35.42, 177.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.1015 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.102 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3668, 20.6238, 21.6849)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D7A #8D1629

analogous

#168D3F #168D7A #16658D

triadic

#168D7A #7A168D #8D7A16

tetradic

#168D7A #3F168D #8D1629 #658D16

square

#168D7A #3F168D #8D1629 #658D16

split-complementary

#168D7A #8D1665 #8D3F16

monochromatic

#05231E #0E584C #168D7A #1EC2A8 #3DE1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#168D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#168D7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D7A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D7A	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)

#878479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.102 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cafa0',
    500: '#168d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d7a;
$custom-light: #6cafa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.42,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57807,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D7A

secondary

#C13E53

accent

#3855F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D7A

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

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