#168BA0#168BA0

#168BA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.099 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168BA0
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 160)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -22.47, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 29.90, 221.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0819 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.099 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9059, 21.1718, 36.4991)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168BA0 #A02B16

analogous

#16A070 #168BA0 #1646A0

triadic

#168BA0 #A0168B #8BA016

tetradic

#168BA0 #7016A0 #A02B16 #46A016

square

#168BA0 #7016A0 #A02B16 #46A016

split-complementary

#168BA0 #A01646 #A07016

monochromatic

#072E34 #0F5C6A #168BA0 #1DBAD6 #4ACEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#168BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#168BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168BA0

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168BA0	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A79A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.099 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adbc',
    500: '#168ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168ba0;
$custom-light: #70adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58709,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168BA0

secondary

#C85D4A

accent

#5235F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #168BA0

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

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