#168990#168990

#168990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.093 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168990
RGB	rgb(22, 137, 144)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -26.78, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 29.47, 204.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0869 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.093 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3083, 20.0737, 29.5006)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168990 #901D16

analogous

#16905A #168990 #164C90

triadic

#168990 #901689 #899016

tetradic

#168990 #5A1690 #901D16 #4C9016

square

#168990 #5A1690 #901D16 #4C9016

split-complementary

#168990 #90164C #905A16

monochromatic

#062426 #0E565B #168990 #1EBCC5 #3FD8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#168990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#168990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168990

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168990	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 137, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.093 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacb0',
    500: '#168990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168990;
$custom-light: #6eacb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.443,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57532,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168990

secondary

#C24740

accent

#4238F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168990

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

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