#168D83#168D83

#168D83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.098 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D83
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 131)
HSL	hsl(175, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(175, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -32.77, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 32.96, 186.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0971 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.098 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9505, 20.8572, 24.7589)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D83 #8D1620

analogous

#168D48 #168D83 #165C8D

triadic

#168D83 #83168D #8D8316

tetradic

#168D83 #48168D #8D1620 #5C8D16

square

#168D83 #48168D #8D1620 #5C8D16

split-complementary

#168D83 #8D165C #8D4816

monochromatic

#052321 #0E5852 #168D83 #1EC2B4 #3DE1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#168D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#168D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D83

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D83	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.098 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa7',
    500: '#168d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d83;
$custom-light: #6dafa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.958,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58104,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D83

secondary

#C13E49

accent

#3848F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D83

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

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