#168AB4#168AB4

#168AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.113 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168AB4
RGB	rgb(22, 138, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -14.91, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 33.90, 243.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0731 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.113 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6542, 21.6405, 46.4177)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168AB4 #B44016

analogous

#16B48F #168AB4 #163BB4

triadic

#168AB4 #B4168A #8AB416

tetradic

#168AB4 #8F16B4 #B44016 #3BB416

square

#168AB4 #8F16B4 #B44016 #3BB416

split-complementary

#168AB4 #B4163B #B48F16

monochromatic

#093647 #0F607D #168AB4 #23B1E4 #5AC4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#168AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#168AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168AB4

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168AB4	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7488B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.113 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acca',
    500: '#168ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168ab4;
$custom-light: #73acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.949,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59386,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168AB4

secondary

#CE7758

accent

#6733F5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #168AB4

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

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