#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
RGBrgb(22, 140, 142)
HSLhsl(181, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(181, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.82, -28.91, -9.80)
CIE-LCHlch(52.82, 30.52, 198.74°)
OKLaboklab(58.24% -0.0908 -0.0273)
OKLCHoklch(58.24% 0.095 196.7)
XYZxyz(14.5892, 20.8779, 28.8468)
Luminance0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168C8E1.004.065.185.18
#FFFFFF4.061.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1821.001.001.00
##0000005.1821.001.001.00

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

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#168C8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva