#168B8F#168B8F

#168B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.094 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B8F
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -28.10, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 30.11, 201.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0894 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.094 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5191, 20.6171, 29.1955)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B8F #8F1A16

analogous

#168F56 #168B8F #164F8F

triadic

#168B8F #8F168B #8B8F16

tetradic

#168B8F #56168F #8F1A16 #4F8F16

square

#168B8F #56168F #8F1A16 #4F8F16

split-complementary

#168B8F #8F164F #8F5616

monochromatic

#062425 #0E575A #168B8F #1EBFC4 #3EDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#168B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#168B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B8F

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B8F	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)

#80848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.094 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadaf',
    500: '#168b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b8f;
$custom-light: #6eadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.983,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58014,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B8F

secondary

#C1443F

accent

#3E38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B8F

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

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