#168F7F#168F7F

#168F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.101 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F7F
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(172, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 11.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -34.87, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 34.88, 180.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.101 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.101 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9822, 21.3460, 23.4578)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F7F #8F1626

analogous

#168F42 #168F7F #16638F

triadic

#168F7F #7F168F #8F7F16

tetradic

#168F7F #42168F #8F1626 #638F16

square

#168F7F #42168F #8F1626 #638F16

split-complementary

#168F7F #8F1663 #8F4216

monochromatic

#062521 #0E5A50 #168F7F #1EC4AE #3EE1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#168F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#168F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F7F

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F7F	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88867E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.101 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a4',
    500: '#168f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f7f;
$custom-light: #6db0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.066,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58501,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F7F

secondary

#C13F51

accent

#3850F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F7F

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

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