#168E7B#168E7B

#168E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.102 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E7B
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(171, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -35.56, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 35.59, 177.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.102 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.102 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5772, 20.9449, 22.0622)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E7B #8E1629

analogous

#168E3F #168E7B #16658E

triadic

#168E7B #7B168E #8E7B16

tetradic

#168E7B #3F168E #8E1629 #658E16

square

#168E7B #3F168E #8E1629 #658E16

split-complementary

#168E7B #8E1665 #8E3F16

monochromatic

#06241F #0E594D #168E7B #1EC3A9 #3DE1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#168E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E7B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E7B	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.102 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb0a1',
    500: '#168e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e7b;
$custom-light: #6cb0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58106,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E7B

secondary

#C13F53

accent

#3855F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E7B

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

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