#168B89#168B89

#168B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168B89
RGBrgb(22, 139, 137)
HSLhsl(179, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(179, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.33, -29.99, -7.63)
CIE-LCHlch(52.33, 30.95, 194.27°)
OKLaboklab(57.79% -0.0922 -0.0213)
OKLCHoklch(57.79% 0.095 193)
XYZxyz(14.0767, 20.4402, 26.8655)
Luminance0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168B89 #8B1618
analogous
#168B4F #168B89 #16538B
triadic
#168B89 #89168B #8B8916
tetradic
#168B89 #4F168B #8B1618 #538B16
square
#168B89 #4F168B #8B1618 #538B16
split-complementary
#168B89 #8B1653 #8B4F16
monochromatic
#052121 #0E5655 #168B89 #1EC0BD #3BE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13
#168B89 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09
#168B89 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B89
5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168B89#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168B891.004.135.095.09
#FFFFFF4.131.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0921.001.001.00
##0000005.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#828389
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#72788A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008F8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 193.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadab',
    500: '#168b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168b89;
$custom-light: #6dadab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57789,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168B89
secondary
#BF3E40
accent
#383CEF
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B89

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#168B89 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva