#168E6C#168E6C

#168E6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.112 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E6C
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 108)
HSL	hsl(163, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(163, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 23.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -39.61, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 40.71, 166.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.1095 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.112 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7091, 20.5977, 17.4904)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E6C #8E1638

analogous

#168E30 #168E6C #16748E

triadic

#168E6C #6C168E #8E6C16

tetradic

#168E6C #30168E #8E1638 #748E16

square

#168E6C #30168E #8E1638 #748E16

split-complementary

#168E6C #8E1674 #8E3016

monochromatic

#06241B #0E5944 #168E6C #1EC394 #3DE1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#168E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#168E6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E6C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E6C	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A836A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C796E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.112 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb096',
    500: '#168e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e6c;
$custom-light: #6bb096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57666,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E6C

secondary

#C13F64

accent

#386CF0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E6C

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

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