#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
RGBrgb(22, 139, 153)
HSLhsl(186, 75%, 34%)
HSVhsv(186, 86%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(85.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(52.88, -24.83, -16.08)
CIE-LCHlch(52.88, 29.58, 212.93°)
OKLaboklab(58.41% -0.0849 -0.0448)
OKLCHoklch(58.41% 0.096 207.8)
XYZxyz(15.3107, 20.9337, 33.3645)
Luminance0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168B991.004.055.195.19
#FFFFFF4.051.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1921.001.001.00
##0000005.1921.001.001.00

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

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#168B99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva