#168B87#168B87

#168B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.095 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B87
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, -30.61, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 31.31, 192.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0931 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.095 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9346, 20.3833, 26.1169)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B87 #8B161A

analogous

#168B4D #168B87 #16558B

triadic

#168B87 #87168B #8B8716

tetradic

#168B87 #4D168B #8B161A #558B16

square

#168B87 #4D168B #8B161A #558B16

split-complementary

#168B87 #8B1655 #8B4D16

monochromatic

#052120 #0E5654 #168B87 #1EC0BA #3BE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#168B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#168B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B87

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B87	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.095 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dada9',
    500: '#168b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b87;
$custom-light: #6dada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.949,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57716,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B87

secondary

#BF3E42

accent

#383FEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B87

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

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