#168690#168690

#168690 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.092 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168690
RGB	rgb(22, 134, 144)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, -25.26, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 28.77, 208.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0839 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.092 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8877, 19.2326, 29.3605)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168690 #902016

analogous

#16905D #168690 #164990

triadic

#168690 #901686 #869016

tetradic

#168690 #5D1690 #902016 #499016

square

#168690 #5D1690 #902016 #499016

split-complementary

#168690 #901649 #905D16

monochromatic

#062326 #0E555B #168690 #1EB7C5 #3FD4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#168690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#168690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168690

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168690	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 134, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.092 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9b0',
    500: '#168690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168690;
$custom-light: #6da9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56752,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168690

secondary

#C24B40

accent

#4738F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168690

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

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