#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
RGBrgb(22, 139, 142)
HSLhsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.49, -28.42, -10.29)
CIE-LCHlch(52.49, 30.22, 199.90°)
OKLaboklab(57.98% -0.0898 -0.0286)
OKLCHoklch(57.98% 0.094 197.7)
XYZxyz(14.4437, 20.5870, 28.7984)
Luminance0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168B8E1.004.105.125.12
#FFFFFF4.101.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1221.001.001.00
##0000005.1221.001.001.00

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

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#168B8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva