#168E5A#168E5A

#168E5A is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.128 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168E5A
RGBrgb(22, 142, 90)
HSLhsl(154, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(154, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 0%, 36.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.12, -43.86, 19.08)
CIE-LCHlch(52.12, 47.83, 156.49°)
OKLaboklab(57.22% -0.1185 0.048)
OKLCHoklch(57.22% 0.128 158)
XYZxyz(11.8481, 20.2533, 12.9557)
Luminance0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168E5A #8E164A
analogous
#168E1E #168E5A #16868E
triadic
#168E5A #5A168E #8E5A16
tetradic
#168E5A #1E168E #8E164A #868E16
square
#168E5A #1E168E #8E164A #868E16
split-complementary
#168E5A #8E1686 #8E1E16
monochromatic
#062417 #0E5938 #168E5A #1EC37C #3DE19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16
#168E5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05
#168E5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E5A
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168E5A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168E5A1.004.165.055.05
#FFFFFF4.161.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0521.001.001.00
##0000005.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8D8257
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F785D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008D81
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.128 158.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb089',
    500: '#168e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168e5a;
$custom-light: #6bb089;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57223,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.20255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168E5A
secondary
#C13F77
accent
#3888F0
background
#F7FAF8
surface
#EDF5F0
border
#C8CFCB
text
#08110B
muted
#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E5A

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#168E5A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva