#168E73#168E73

#168E73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.107 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E73
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 115)
HSL	hsl(167, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(167, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 19%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -37.77, 5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 38.19, 171.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% -0.106 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.107 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0967, 20.7527, 19.5317)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E73 #8E1631

analogous

#168E37 #168E73 #166D8E

triadic

#168E73 #73168E #8E7316

tetradic

#168E73 #37168E #8E1631 #6D8E16

square

#168E73 #37168E #8E1631 #6D8E16

split-complementary

#168E73 #8E166D #8E3716

monochromatic

#06241D #0E5948 #168E73 #1EC39E #3DE1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#168E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#168E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E73

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E73	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)

#898472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.107 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09b',
    500: '#168e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e73;
$custom-light: #6cb09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57863,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E73

secondary

#C13F5C

accent

#3861F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E73

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

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