#168D7B#168D7B

#168D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.101 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D7B
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -35.11, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 35.12, 178.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.101 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.101 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4291, 20.6487, 22.0129)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D7B #8D1628

analogous

#168D3F #168D7B #16648D

triadic

#168D7B #7B168D #8D7B16

tetradic

#168D7B #3F168D #8D1628 #648D16

square

#168D7B #3F168D #8D1628 #648D16

split-complementary

#168D7B #8D1664 #8D3F16

monochromatic

#05231F #0E584D #168D7B #1EC2A9 #3DE1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#168D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#168D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D7B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D7B	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.101 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cafa1',
    500: '#168d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d7b;
$custom-light: #6cafa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.924,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57839,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D7B

secondary

#C13E52

accent

#3854F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D7B

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

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