#168E6E#168E6E

#168E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.111 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E6E
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(164, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(164, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, -39.09, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 39.97, 167.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.1085 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.111 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8168, 20.6407, 18.0574)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E6E #8E1636

analogous

#168E32 #168E6E #16728E

triadic

#168E6E #6E168E #8E6E16

tetradic

#168E6E #32168E #8E1636 #728E16

square

#168E6E #32168E #8E1636 #728E16

split-complementary

#168E6E #8E1672 #8E3216

monochromatic

#06241C #0E5945 #168E6E #1EC397 #3DE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#168E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#168E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E6E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E6E	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.111 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bb097',
    500: '#168e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e6e;
$custom-light: #6bb097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5772,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E6E

secondary

#C13F62

accent

#3869F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E6E

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

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