#168B90#168B90

#168B90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.094 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B90
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 144)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -27.78, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 30.00, 202.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0889 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.094 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5952, 20.6476, 29.5963)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B90 #901B16

analogous

#169058 #168B90 #164E90

triadic

#168B90 #90168B #8B9016

tetradic

#168B90 #581690 #901B16 #4E9016

square

#168B90 #581690 #901B16 #4E9016

split-complementary

#168B90 #90164E #905816

monochromatic

#062526 #0E585B #168B90 #1EBEC5 #3FDBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#168B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#168B90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B90

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B90	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.094 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadb0',
    500: '#168b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b90;
$custom-light: #6eadb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.459,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B90

secondary

#C24540

accent

#3F38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B90

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

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