#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
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -29.99, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 30.95, 194.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.0922 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.095 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.0767, 20.4402, 26.8655)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##168B89	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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