#168E69#168E69

#168E69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.115 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E69
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 105)
HSL	hsl(162, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(162, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 26.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -40.36, 11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 41.84, 164.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% -0.111 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.115 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5522, 20.5349, 16.6639)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E69 #8E163B

analogous

#168E2D #168E69 #16778E

triadic

#168E69 #69168E #8E6916

tetradic

#168E69 #2D168E #8E163B #778E16

square

#168E69 #2D168E #8E163B #778E16

split-complementary

#168E69 #8E1677 #8E2D16

monochromatic

#06241B #0E5942 #168E69 #1EC390 #3DE1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#168E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#168E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E69

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E69	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D796B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.115 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb094',
    500: '#168e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e69;
$custom-light: #6bb094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57585,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E69

secondary

#C13F67

accent

#3871F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E69

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

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