#168C8F#168C8F

#168C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.095 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C8F
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -28.59, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 30.40, 199.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0904 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.095 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6646, 20.9080, 29.2440)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C8F #8F1916

analogous

#168F56 #168C8F #164F8F

triadic

#168C8F #8F168C #8C8F16

tetradic

#168C8F #56168F #8F1916 #4F8F16

square

#168C8F #56168F #8F1916 #4F8F16

split-complementary

#168C8F #8F164F #8F5616

monochromatic

#062425 #0E585A #168C8F #1EC0C4 #3EDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#168C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C8F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C8F	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#81858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.095 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeaf',
    500: '#168c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c8f;
$custom-light: #6eaeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58274,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C8F

secondary

#C1433F

accent

#3C38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C8F

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

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