#168889#168889

#168889 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.093 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168889
RGB	rgb(22, 136, 137)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, -28.53, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 29.94, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57% -0.0891 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.093 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6483, 19.5833, 26.7227)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168889 #891716

analogous

#168950 #168889 #164E89

triadic

#168889 #891688 #888916

tetradic

#168889 #501689 #891716 #4E8916

square

#168889 #501689 #891716 #4E8916

split-complementary

#168889 #89164E #895016

monochromatic

#051F20 #0E5454 #168889 #1EBCBE #3ADEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#168889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#168889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168889

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168889	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 136, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.093 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dabab',
    500: '#168889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168889;
$custom-light: #6dabab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57001,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168889

secondary

#BD3F3E

accent

#3A39EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168889

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

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