#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
RGBrgb(22, 139, 143)
HSLhsl(182, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(52.53, -28.10, -10.82)
CIE-LCHlch(52.53, 30.11, 201.06°)
OKLaboklab(58.01% -0.0894 -0.0301)
OKLCHoklch(58.01% 0.094 198.6)
XYZxyz(14.5191, 20.6171, 29.1955)
Luminance0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168B8F1.004.105.125.12
#FFFFFF4.101.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1221.001.001.00
##0000005.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#168B8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva