Information about #168877 color

#168877 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #168877 belongs to the Cyan Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Neutral brightness. In numbers: rgb(22, 136, 119) (8.6% red, 53.3% green, 46.7% blue), or CMYK 45 / 0 / 7 / 47 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored aqua cyan, #168877 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Soylent Green (#218B76). Slightly further away sit Tropical Rain Forest (#17806D) and Elf Green (#1B8A6B).

The recipe behind #168877 is rgb(22, 136, 119), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #168877: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#168877 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#168877 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #168877

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Elf Green color link
Elf Green

#1B8A6B

ChaosDragon color link
ChaosDragon

#139084

Windfall color link
Windfall

#008575

Dark Cyan color link
Dark Cyan

#0A888A

Deep Aqua color link
Deep Aqua

#08787F

Elm color link
Elm

#297B76

Observatory color link
Observatory

#008F70

Deep Sea color link
Deep Sea

#01826B

Teal color link
Teal

#008080

Bluegreen color link
Bluegreen

#017A79

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#168877
  • RGB22, 136, 119
  • CMYK45, 0, 7, 47
  • CSSrgb(22, 136, 119)
  • HSL171°, 72%, 31%
  • HSL Precise171.053°, 72.152%, 30.98%
  • HSV171°, 84%, 53%
  • HSB171°, 84%, 53%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.086
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.533
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.467
  • GLSLvec3(0.086, 0.533, 0.467)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.086, 0.533, 0.467, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.086, 0.533, 0.467)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB8.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB53.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB46.7%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID168877
  • DECIMAL ID1476727
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01