#168A90#168A90

#168A90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.094 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A90
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 144)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -27.28, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 29.73, 203.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.0879 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.094 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4511, 20.3593, 29.5482)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A90 #901C16

analogous

#169059 #168A90 #164D90

triadic

#168A90 #90168A #8A9016

tetradic

#168A90 #591690 #901C16 #4D9016

square

#168A90 #591690 #901C16 #4D9016

split-complementary

#168A90 #90164D #905916

monochromatic

#062426 #0E575B #168A90 #1EBDC5 #3FDAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#168A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#168A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A90

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A90	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#7F8391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.094 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacb0',
    500: '#168a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a90;
$custom-light: #6eacb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57792,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A90

secondary

#C24640

accent

#4138F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A90

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

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