#168D85#168D85

#168D85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.097 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D85
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(176, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 5.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -32.17, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 32.49, 188.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0961 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.097 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0873, 20.9120, 25.4797)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D85 #8D161E

analogous

#168D49 #168D85 #165A8D

triadic

#168D85 #85168D #8D8516

tetradic

#168D85 #49168D #8D161E #5A8D16

square

#168D85 #49168D #8D161E #5A8D16

split-complementary

#168D85 #8D165A #8D4916

monochromatic

#052321 #0E5853 #168D85 #1EC2B7 #3DE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#168D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D85

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D85	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.097 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa8',
    500: '#168d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d85;
$custom-light: #6dafa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.966,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58173,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D85

secondary

#C13E47

accent

#3844F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D85

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

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