#168A9D#168A9D

#168A9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.097 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168A9D
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -22.97, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 29.59, 219.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0822 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.097 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5025, 20.7799, 35.0856)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168A9D #9D2916

analogous

#169D6C #168A9D #16479D

triadic

#168A9D #9D168A #8A9D16

tetradic

#168A9D #6C169D #9D2916 #479D16

square

#168A9D #6C169D #9D2916 #479D16

split-complementary

#168A9D #9D1647 #9D6C16

monochromatic

#072C32 #0E5B67 #168A9D #1EB9D3 #48CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#168A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#168A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168A9D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168A9D	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.097 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acba',
    500: '#168a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168a9d;
$custom-light: #70acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.444,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58325,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168A9D

secondary

#C75A48

accent

#5036F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #168A9D

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

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