#168E55#168E55

#168E55 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.133 H 155.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E55
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(152, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(152, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 40.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, -44.92, 21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 49.90, 154.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% -0.121 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.133 155.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6424, 20.1710, 11.8724)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E55 #8E164F

analogous

#168E19 #168E55 #168B8E

triadic

#168E55 #55168E #8E5516

tetradic

#168E55 #19168E #8E164F #8B8E16

square

#168E55 #19168E #8E164F #8B8E16

split-complementary

#168E55 #8E168B #8E1916

monochromatic

#062416 #0E5935 #168E55 #1EC375 #3DE193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#168E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#168E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E55

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E55	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.133 155.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb085',
    500: '#168e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e55;
$custom-light: #6bb085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57116,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 155.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E55

secondary

#C13F7D

accent

#388FF0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E55

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

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