#168B88#168B88

#168B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B88
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, -30.30, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 31.12, 193.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0926 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.095 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0053, 20.4116, 26.4895)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B88 #8B1619

analogous

#168B4E #168B88 #16548B

triadic

#168B88 #88168B #8B8816

tetradic

#168B88 #4E168B #8B1619 #548B16

square

#168B88 #4E168B #8B1619 #548B16

split-complementary

#168B88 #8B1654 #8B4E16

monochromatic

#052121 #0E5654 #168B88 #1EC0BC #3BE0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#168B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#168B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B88

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B88	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#828388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadaa',
    500: '#168b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b88;
$custom-light: #6dadaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57752,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B88

secondary

#BF3E41

accent

#383DEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B88

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

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