#168F7E#168F7E

#168F7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.102 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F7E
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(172, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 11.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -35.16, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 35.16, 179.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.1015 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.102 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9173, 21.3201, 23.1163)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F7E #8F1627

analogous

#168F41 #168F7E #16648F

triadic

#168F7E #7E168F #8F7E16

tetradic

#168F7E #41168F #8F1627 #648F16

square

#168F7E #41168F #8F1627 #648F16

split-complementary

#168F7E #8F1664 #8F4116

monochromatic

#062521 #0E5A4F #168F7E #1EC4AD #3EE1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#168F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#168F7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F7E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F7E	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88867D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.102 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a3',
    500: '#168f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f7e;
$custom-light: #6db0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.57,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58468,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F7E

secondary

#C13F52

accent

#3852F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F7E

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

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