#168BB4#168BB4

#168BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.112 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168BB4
RGB	rgb(22, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -15.46, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 33.72, 242.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.074 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.112 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7983, 21.9288, 46.4658)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168BB4 #B43F16

analogous

#16B48E #168BB4 #163CB4

triadic

#168BB4 #B4168B #8BB416

tetradic

#168BB4 #8E16B4 #B43F16 #3CB416

square

#168BB4 #8E16B4 #B43F16 #3CB416

split-complementary

#168BB4 #B4163C #B48E16

monochromatic

#093747 #0F617D #168BB4 #23B2E4 #5AC5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#168BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#168BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168BB4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168BB4	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7589B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.112 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adca',
    500: '#168bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168bb4;
$custom-light: #73adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59633,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168BB4

secondary

#CE7658

accent

#6533F5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #168BB4

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

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