#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
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -27.60, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 29.82, 202.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0884 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.094 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3750, 20.3289, 29.1475)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##168A8F	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A8F

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

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