#168C8B#168C8B

#168C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.095 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C8B
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -29.85, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 30.96, 195.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0922 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.095 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3670, 20.7890, 27.6766)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C8B #8C1617

analogous

#168C50 #168C8B #16528C

triadic

#168C8B #8B168C #8C8B16

tetradic

#168C8B #50168C #8C1617 #528C16

square

#168C8B #50168C #8C1617 #528C16

split-complementary

#168C8B #8C1652 #8C5016

monochromatic

#052222 #0E5756 #168C8B #1EC1C0 #3CE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#168C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#168C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C8B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C8B	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.095 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daeac',
    500: '#168c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c8b;
$custom-light: #6daeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58125,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C8B

secondary

#C03E3F

accent

#383AF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C8B

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

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