#168B9D#168B9D

#168B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168B9D
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -23.49, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 29.70, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0832 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.097 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6466, 21.0681, 35.1336)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168B9D #9D2816

analogous

#169D6B #168B9D #16479D

triadic

#168B9D #9D168B #8B9D16

tetradic

#168B9D #6B169D #9D2816 #479D16

square

#168B9D #6B169D #9D2816 #479D16

split-complementary

#168B9D #9D1647 #9D6B16

monochromatic

#072C32 #0E5B67 #168B9D #1EBBD3 #48D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#168B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#168B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168B9D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168B9D	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adba',
    500: '#168b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168b9d;
$custom-light: #70adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5858,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168B9D

secondary

#C75948

accent

#4F36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #168B9D

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

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