#168C90#168C90

#168C90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.095 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168C90
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 144)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -28.27, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 30.29, 201.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0899 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.095 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7407, 20.9385, 29.6448)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168C90 #901A16

analogous

#169057 #168C90 #164F90

triadic

#168C90 #90168C #8C9016

tetradic

#168C90 #571690 #901A16 #4F9016

square

#168C90 #571690 #901A16 #4F9016

split-complementary

#168C90 #90164F #905716

monochromatic

#062526 #0E585B #168C90 #1EC0C5 #3FDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#168C90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C90

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168C90	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.095 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeb0',
    500: '#168c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168c90;
$custom-light: #6eaeb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58313,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168C90

secondary

#C24440

accent

#3E38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168C90

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

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