#168B85#168B85

#168B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.095 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B85
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -31.23, -5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 31.70, 189.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0941 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.095 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7951, 20.3275, 25.3823)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B85 #8B161C

analogous

#168B4B #168B85 #16578B

triadic

#168B85 #85168B #8B8516

tetradic

#168B85 #4B168B #8B161C #578B16

square

#168B85 #4B168B #8B161C #578B16

split-complementary

#168B85 #8B1657 #8B4B16

monochromatic

#052120 #0E5652 #168B85 #1EC0B8 #3BE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#168B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#168B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B85

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B85	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	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)

#828385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.095 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dada8',
    500: '#168b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b85;
$custom-light: #6dada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57645,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B85

secondary

#BF3E45

accent

#3842EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B85

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

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