#168E7C#168E7C

#168E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.102 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E7C
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 124)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(171, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, -35.28, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 35.29, 178.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.1015 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.102 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6401, 20.9701, 22.3936)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E7C #8E1628

analogous

#168E40 #168E7C #16648E

triadic

#168E7C #7C168E #8E7C16

tetradic

#168E7C #40168E #8E1628 #648E16

square

#168E7C #40168E #8E1628 #648E16

split-complementary

#168E7C #8E1664 #8E4016

monochromatic

#06241F #0E594E #168E7C #1EC3AA #3DE1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#168E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#168E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E7C

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E7C	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#88857B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.102 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb0a1',
    500: '#168e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e7c;
$custom-light: #6cb0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58138,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E7C

secondary

#C13F52

accent

#3854F0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E7C

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

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