#168E75#168E75

#168E75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.106 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E75
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 117)
HSL	hsl(168, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(168, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 17.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -37.23, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 37.51, 173.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.105 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.106 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2131, 20.7993, 20.1444)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E75 #8E162F

analogous

#168E39 #168E75 #166B8E

triadic

#168E75 #75168E #8E7516

tetradic

#168E75 #39168E #8E162F #6B8E16

square

#168E75 #39168E #8E162F #6B8E16

split-complementary

#168E75 #8E166B #8E3916

monochromatic

#06241E #0E5949 #168E75 #1EC3A1 #3DE1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#168E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#168E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E75

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E75	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.106 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09c',
    500: '#168e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e75;
$custom-light: #6cb09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57922,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E75

secondary

#C13F5A

accent

#385EF0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E75

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

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