#168A8B#168A8B

#168A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A8B
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -28.88, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 30.30, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0902 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.094 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.0774, 20.2098, 27.5800)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A8B #8B1716

analogous

#168B52 #168A8B #16508B

triadic

#168A8B #8B168A #8A8B16

tetradic

#168A8B #52168B #8B1716 #508B16

square

#168A8B #52168B #8B1716 #508B16

split-complementary

#168A8B #8B1650 #8B5216

monochromatic

#052121 #0E5656 #168A8B #1EBEC0 #3BDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#168A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#168A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A8B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A8B	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacac',
    500: '#168a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a8b;
$custom-light: #6dacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.513,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57601,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A8B

secondary

#BF3F3E

accent

#3A38EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A8B

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

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