#168489#168489

#168489 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.090 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168489
RGB	rgb(22, 132, 137)
HSL	hsl(183, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, -26.54, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 28.74, 202.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% -0.0851 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.09 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0954, 18.4776, 26.5384)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168489 #891B16

analogous

#168954 #168489 #164A89

triadic

#168489 #891684 #848916

tetradic

#168489 #541689 #891B16 #4A8916

square

#168489 #541689 #891B16 #4A8916

split-complementary

#168489 #89164A #895416

monochromatic

#051E20 #0E5154 #168489 #1EB7BE #3AD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#168489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#168489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168489

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168489	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A728A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 132, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.090 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca8ab',
    500: '#168489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168489;
$custom-light: #6ca8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55951,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168489

secondary

#BD433E

accent

#4139EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168489

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

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