#168589#168589

#168589 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.091 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168589
RGB	rgb(22, 133, 137)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, -27.04, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 29.02, 201.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% -0.0861 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.091 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.2317, 18.7501, 26.5838)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168589 #891A16

analogous

#168953 #168589 #164B89

triadic

#168589 #891685 #858916

tetradic

#168589 #531689 #891A16 #4B8916

square

#168589 #531689 #891A16 #4B8916

split-complementary

#168589 #89164B #895316

monochromatic

#051F20 #0E5254 #168589 #1EB8BE #3ADADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#168589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#168589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168589

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168589	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B738A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 133, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.091 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca9ab',
    500: '#168589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168589;
$custom-light: #6ca9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.087,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56213,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168589

secondary

#BD423E

accent

#3F39EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168589

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

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