#168B8A#168B8A

#168B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.094 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B8A
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, -29.68, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 30.78, 195.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0917 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.094 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1488, 20.4690, 27.2450)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B8A #8B1617

analogous

#168B50 #168B8A #16528B

triadic

#168B8A #8A168B #8B8A16

tetradic

#168B8A #50168B #8B1617 #528B16

square

#168B8A #50168B #8B1617 #528B16

split-complementary

#168B8A #8B1652 #8B5016

monochromatic

#052121 #0E5656 #168B8A #1EC0BE #3BE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#168B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#168B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B8A

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B8A	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#81848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.094 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadac',
    500: '#168b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b8a;
$custom-light: #6dadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.487,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57825,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B8A

secondary

#BF3E3F

accent

#383AEF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B8A

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

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