#168AA1#168AA1

#168AA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.099 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168AA1
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(190, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -21.60, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 29.94, 223.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0805 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.099 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8496, 20.9187, 36.9137)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168AA1 #A12D16

analogous

#16A172 #168AA1 #1644A1

triadic

#168AA1 #A1168A #8AA116

tetradic

#168AA1 #7216A1 #A12D16 #44A116

square

#168AA1 #7216A1 #A12D16 #44A116

split-complementary

#168AA1 #A11644 #A17216

monochromatic

#072E35 #0F5C6B #168AA1 #1DB8D7 #4BCDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#168AA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168AA1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168AA1	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.099 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acbc',
    500: '#168aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168aa1;
$custom-light: #70acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.928,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58499,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168AA1

secondary

#C8604B

accent

#5535F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #168AA1

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

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