#168E5E#168E5E

#168E5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.124 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E5E
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 94)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -42.98, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 46.19, 158.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% -0.1165 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.124 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0230, 20.3232, 13.8766)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E5E #8E1646

analogous

#168E22 #168E5E #16828E

triadic

#168E5E #5E168E #8E5E16

tetradic

#168E5E #22168E #8E1646 #828E16

square

#168E5E #22168E #8E1646 #828E16

split-complementary

#168E5E #8E1682 #8E2216

monochromatic

#062418 #0E593B #168E5E #1EC381 #3DE1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#168E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#168E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E5E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E5E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C825B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.124 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb08c',
    500: '#168e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e5e;
$custom-light: #6bb08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57313,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E5E

secondary

#C13F73

accent

#3882F0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08110C

muted

#7B807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E5E

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

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