#168686#168686

#168686 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.092 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168686
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(180, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, -28.50, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 29.72, 196.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% -0.0885 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.092 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1570, 18.9403, 25.5120)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168686 #861616

analogous

#16864E #168686 #164E86

triadic

#168686 #861686 #868616

tetradic

#168686 #4E1686 #861616 #4E8616

square

#168686 #4E1686 #861616 #4E8616

split-complementary

#168686 #86164E #864E16

monochromatic

#051D1D #0D5151 #168686 #1FBBBB #38DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#168686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#168686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168686

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168686	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.092 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca9a9',
    500: '#168686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168686;
$custom-light: #6ca9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56362,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168686

secondary

#BA3E3E

accent

#3939EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168686

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

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