#168A99#168A99

#168A99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.096 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A99
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(187, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -24.32, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 29.42, 214.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0839 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.096 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1666, 20.6455, 33.3164)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A99 #992516

analogous

#169967 #168A99 #164999

triadic

#168A99 #99168A #8A9916

tetradic

#168A99 #671699 #992516 #499916

square

#168A99 #671699 #992516 #499916

split-complementary

#168A99 #991649 #996716

monochromatic

#07292E #0E5A63 #168A99 #1EBACF #45D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#168A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#168A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A99

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A99	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D849A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.096 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6facb7',
    500: '#168a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a99;
$custom-light: #6facb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58156,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A99

secondary

#C55446

accent

#4C36F1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A99

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

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