#168C8E#168C8E

#168C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C8E
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -28.91, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 30.52, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0908 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.095 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5892, 20.8779, 28.8468)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C8E #8E1816

analogous

#168E54 #168C8E #16508E

triadic

#168C8E #8E168C #8C8E16

tetradic

#168C8E #54168E #8E1816 #508E16

square

#168C8E #54168E #8E1816 #508E16

split-complementary

#168C8E #8E1650 #8E5416

monochromatic

#062424 #0E5859 #168C8E #1EC0C3 #3DDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#168C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#168C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C8E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C8E	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeaf',
    500: '#168c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c8e;
$custom-light: #6eaeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58237,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C8E

secondary

#C1413F

accent

#3B38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C8E

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

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