#168B8E#168B8E

#168B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.094 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B8E
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -28.42, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 30.22, 199.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0898 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.094 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4437, 20.5870, 28.7984)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B8E #8E1916

analogous

#168E55 #168B8E #164F8E

triadic

#168B8E #8E168B #8B8E16

tetradic

#168B8E #55168E #8E1916 #4F8E16

square

#168B8E #55168E #8E1916 #4F8E16

split-complementary

#168B8E #8E164F #8E5516

monochromatic

#062324 #0E5759 #168B8E #1EBFC3 #3DDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#168B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#168B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B8E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B8E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.094 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadaf',
    500: '#168b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b8e;
$custom-light: #6eadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57976,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B8E

secondary

#C1423F

accent

#3D38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B8E

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

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