#168685#168685

#168685 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.092 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168685
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 133)
HSL	hsl(179, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, -28.81, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 29.88, 195.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.089 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.092 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0876, 18.9126, 25.1465)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168685 #861617

analogous

#16864D #168685 #164F86

triadic

#168685 #851686 #868516

tetradic

#168685 #4D1686 #861617 #4F8616

square

#168685 #4D1686 #861617 #4F8616

split-complementary

#168685 #86164F #864D16

monochromatic

#051D1D #0D5151 #168685 #1FBBB9 #38DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#168685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#168685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168685

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168685	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.092 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6caaa8',
    500: '#168685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168685;
$custom-light: #6caaa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.464,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56325,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168685

secondary

#BA3E3F

accent

#393BEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168685

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

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