#168988#168988

#168988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.093 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168988
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, -29.33, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 30.42, 195.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0906 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.093 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7184, 19.8377, 26.3938)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168988 #891617

analogous

#16894E #168988 #165089

triadic

#168988 #881689 #898816

tetradic

#168988 #4E1689 #891617 #508916

square

#168988 #4E1689 #891617 #508916

split-complementary

#168988 #891650 #894E16

monochromatic

#05201F #0E5454 #168988 #1EBEBC #3ADFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#168988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#168988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168988

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168988	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.093 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaa',
    500: '#168988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168988;
$custom-light: #6dacaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57226,
    "c": 0.09337,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168988

secondary

#BD3E3F

accent

#393AEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168988

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

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