#168587#168587

#168587 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.091 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168587
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 135)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, -27.68, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 29.26, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.087 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.091 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0895, 18.6932, 25.8352)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168587 #871816

analogous

#168750 #168587 #164C87

triadic

#168587 #871685 #858716

tetradic

#168587 #501687 #871816 #4C8716

square

#168587 #501687 #871816 #4C8716

split-complementary

#168587 #87164C #875016

monochromatic

#051D1E #0D5152 #168587 #1FB9BC #39DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#168587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#168587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168587

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168587	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.091 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca9a9',
    500: '#168587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168587;
$custom-light: #6ca9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.062,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56136,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168587

secondary

#BB403E

accent

#3C39EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168587

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

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