#168E72#168E72

#168E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.108 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E72
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(166, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -38.04, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 38.53, 170.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.1065 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.108 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0395, 20.7298, 19.2303)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E72 #8E1632

analogous

#168E36 #168E72 #166E8E

triadic

#168E72 #72168E #8E7216

tetradic

#168E72 #36168E #8E1632 #6E8E16

square

#168E72 #36168E #8E1632 #6E8E16

split-complementary

#168E72 #8E166E #8E3616

monochromatic

#06241D #0E5947 #168E72 #1EC39D #3DE1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#168E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#168E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E72

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E72	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.108 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09a',
    500: '#168e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e72;
$custom-light: #6cb09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57834,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E72

secondary

#C13F5D

accent

#3863F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E72

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

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