#168E6F#168E6F

#168E6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.110 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E6F
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 111)
HSL	hsl(165, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(165, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 21.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, -38.83, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 39.60, 168.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.108 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.11 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8715, 20.6626, 18.3457)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E6F #8E1635

analogous

#168E33 #168E6F #16718E

triadic

#168E6F #6F168E #8E6F16

tetradic

#168E6F #33168E #8E1635 #718E16

square

#168E6F #33168E #8E1635 #718E16

split-complementary

#168E6F #8E1671 #8E3316

monochromatic

#06241C #0E5946 #168E6F #1EC398 #3DE1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#168E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#168E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E6F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E6F	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)

#8A846D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.110 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb098',
    500: '#168e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e6f;
$custom-light: #6cb098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57748,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E6F

secondary

#C13F60

accent

#3867F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E6F

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

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