#168E5B#168E5B

#168E5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.127 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E5B
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(155, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -43.64, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 47.42, 156.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.118 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.127 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8909, 20.2704, 13.1814)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E5B #8E1649

analogous

#168E1F #168E5B #16858E

triadic

#168E5B #5B168E #8E5B16

tetradic

#168E5B #1F168E #8E1649 #858E16

square

#168E5B #1F168E #8E1649 #858E16

split-complementary

#168E5B #8E1685 #8E1F16

monochromatic

#062417 #0E5939 #168E5B #1EC37D #3DE19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#168E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#168E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E5B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E5B	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.127 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb089',
    500: '#168e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e5b;
$custom-light: #6bb089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57245,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E5B

secondary

#C13F76

accent

#3886F0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E5B

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

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