#168A8F#168A8F

#168A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.094 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168A8F
RGBrgb(22, 138, 143)
HSLhsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(52.21, -27.60, -11.30)
CIE-LCHlch(52.21, 29.82, 202.26°)
OKLaboklab(57.75% -0.0884 -0.0314)
OKLCHoklch(57.75% 0.094 199.6)
XYZxyz(14.3750, 20.3289, 29.1475)
Luminance0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168A8F #8F1B16
analogous
#168F57 #168A8F #164E8F
triadic
#168A8F #8F168A #8A8F16
tetradic
#168A8F #57168F #8F1B16 #4E8F16
square
#168A8F #57168F #8F1B16 #4E8F16
split-complementary
#168A8F #8F164E #8F5716
monochromatic
#062425 #0E575A #168A8F #1EBDC4 #3EDBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15
#168A8F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07
#168A8F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A8F
5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168A8F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168A8F1.004.155.075.07
#FFFFFF4.151.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0721.001.001.00
##0000005.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F838F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F7890
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008F8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.094 199.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacaf',
    500: '#168a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168a8f;
$custom-light: #6eacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57753,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168A8F
secondary
#C1453F
accent
#3F38F0
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

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#168A8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva