#168E57#168E57

#168E57 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.131 H 156.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E57
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(153, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(153, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 38.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -44.50, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 49.07, 155.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% -0.12 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.131 156.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7230, 20.2032, 12.2967)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E57 #8E164D

analogous

#168E1B #168E57 #16898E

triadic

#168E57 #57168E #8E5716

tetradic

#168E57 #1B168E #8E164D #898E16

square

#168E57 #1B168E #8E164D #898E16

split-complementary

#168E57 #8E1689 #8E1B16

monochromatic

#062416 #0E5937 #168E57 #1EC377 #3DE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#168E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#168E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E57

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E57	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.131 156.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb087',
    500: '#168e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e57;
$custom-light: #6bb087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57158,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 156.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E57

secondary

#C13F7A

accent

#388CF0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E57

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

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