#168C8D#168C8D

#168C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C8D
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -29.22, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 30.66, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0913 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.095 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5144, 20.8480, 28.4532)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C8D #8D1716

analogous

#168D53 #168C8D #16518D

triadic

#168C8D #8D168C #8C8D16

tetradic

#168C8D #53168D #8D1716 #518D16

square

#168C8D #53168D #8D1716 #518D16

split-complementary

#168C8D #8D1651 #8D5316

monochromatic

#052323 #0E5758 #168C8D #1EC1C2 #3DDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#168C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#168C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C8D

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C8D	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeae',
    500: '#168c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c8d;
$custom-light: #6eaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58199,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C8D

secondary

#C13F3E

accent

#3A38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C8D

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

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