#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
RGBrgb(22, 142, 94)
HSLhsl(156, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(156, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 0%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.20, -42.98, 16.94)
CIE-LCHlch(52.20, 46.19, 158.49°)
OKLaboklab(57.31% -0.1165 0.0428)
OKLCHoklch(57.31% 0.124 159.8)
XYZxyz(12.0230, 20.3232, 13.8766)
Luminance0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##168E5E1.004.155.065.06
#FFFFFF4.151.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0621.001.001.00
##0000005.0621.001.001.00

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

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#168E5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva