#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
RGBrgb(22, 142, 91)
HSLhsl(155, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(155, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 0%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.14, -43.64, 18.55)
CIE-LCHlch(52.14, 47.42, 156.98°)
OKLaboklab(57.25% -0.118 0.0467)
OKLCHoklch(57.25% 0.127 158.4)
XYZxyz(11.8909, 20.2704, 13.1814)
Luminance0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##168E5B1.004.155.055.05
#FFFFFF4.151.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0521.001.001.00
##0000005.0521.001.001.00

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

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#168E5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva