#168B86#168B86

#168B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.095 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B86
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -30.92, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 31.50, 191.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0936 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.095 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8645, 20.3553, 25.7479)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B86 #8B161B

analogous

#168B4C #168B86 #16568B

triadic

#168B86 #86168B #8B8616

tetradic

#168B86 #4C168B #8B161B #568B16

square

#168B86 #4C168B #8B161B #568B16

split-complementary

#168B86 #8B1656 #8B4C16

monochromatic

#052120 #0E5653 #168B86 #1EC0B9 #3BE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#168B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#168B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B86

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B86	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#828386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.095 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dada9',
    500: '#168b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b86;
$custom-light: #6dada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5768,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B86

secondary

#BF3E44

accent

#3840EF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B86

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

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