#168E78#168E78

#168E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.104 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E78
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(169, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -36.40, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 36.52, 175.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.1035 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.104 176)
XYZ	xyz(13.3923, 20.8709, 21.0883)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E78 #8E162C

analogous

#168E3C #168E78 #16688E

triadic

#168E78 #78168E #8E7816

tetradic

#168E78 #3C168E #8E162C #688E16

square

#168E78 #3C168E #8E162C #688E16

split-complementary

#168E78 #8E1668 #8E3C16

monochromatic

#06241E #0E594B #168E78 #1EC3A5 #3DE1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#168E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#168E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E78

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E78	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.104 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09e',
    500: '#168e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e78;
$custom-light: #6cb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58013,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.20873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E78

secondary

#C13F57

accent

#385AF0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E78

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

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