#168B99#168B99

#168B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.096 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B99
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -24.83, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 29.58, 212.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0849 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.096 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3107, 20.9337, 33.3645)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B99 #992416

analogous

#169966 #168B99 #164A99

triadic

#168B99 #99168B #8B9916

tetradic

#168B99 #661699 #992416 #4A9916

square

#168B99 #661699 #992416 #4A9916

split-complementary

#168B99 #99164A #996616

monochromatic

#072A2E #0E5A63 #168B99 #1EBCCF #45D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#168B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B99

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B99	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.096 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fadb7',
    500: '#168b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b99;
$custom-light: #6fadb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58413,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B99

secondary

#C55346

accent

#4A36F1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B99

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

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