#168A8E#168A8E

#168A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.094 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A8E
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -27.92, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 29.93, 201.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0888 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.094 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2996, 20.2987, 28.7503)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A8E #8E1A16

analogous

#168E56 #168A8E #164E8E

triadic

#168A8E #8E168A #8A8E16

tetradic

#168A8E #56168E #8E1A16 #4E8E16

square

#168A8E #56168E #8E1A16 #4E8E16

split-complementary

#168A8E #8E164E #8E5616

monochromatic

#062324 #0E5759 #168A8E #1EBDC3 #3DDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#168A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#168A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A8E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A8E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.094 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaf',
    500: '#168a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a8e;
$custom-light: #6dacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57715,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A8E

secondary

#C1433F

accent

#3E38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A8E

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

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