#168A8D#168A8D

#168A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.094 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A8D
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -28.24, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 30.04, 199.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0893 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.094 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2248, 20.2688, 28.3567)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A8D #8D1916

analogous

#168D55 #168A8D #164E8D

triadic

#168A8D #8D168A #8A8D16

tetradic

#168A8D #55168D #8D1916 #4E8D16

square

#168A8D #55168D #8D1916 #4E8D16

split-complementary

#168A8D #8D164E #8D5516

monochromatic

#052223 #0E5658 #168A8D #1EBEC2 #3DDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#168A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#168A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A8D

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A8D	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.094 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacae',
    500: '#168a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a8d;
$custom-light: #6dacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57676,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A8D

secondary

#C1423E

accent

#3D38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A8D

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

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