#168E79#168E79

#168E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.103 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E79
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(170, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -36.13, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 36.20, 176.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.103 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.103 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4533, 20.8953, 21.4096)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E79 #8E162B

analogous

#168E3D #168E79 #16678E

triadic

#168E79 #79168E #8E7916

tetradic

#168E79 #3D168E #8E162B #678E16

square

#168E79 #3D168E #8E162B #678E16

split-complementary

#168E79 #8E1667 #8E3D16

monochromatic

#06241F #0E594C #168E79 #1EC3A6 #3DE1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#168E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E79

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E79	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.103 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb09f',
    500: '#168e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e79;
$custom-light: #6cb09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58044,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E79

secondary

#C13F56

accent

#3858F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E79

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

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