#168C99#168C99

#168C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168C99
RGBrgb(22, 140, 153)
HSLhsl(186, 75%, 34%)
HSVhsv(186, 86%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(85.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(53.19, -25.34, -15.60)
CIE-LCHlch(53.19, 29.76, 211.62°)
OKLaboklab(58.67% -0.0859 -0.0435)
OKLCHoklch(58.67% 0.096 206.8)
XYZxyz(15.4562, 21.2247, 33.4130)
Luminance0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168C99 #992316
analogous
#169965 #168C99 #164B99
triadic
#168C99 #99168C #8C9916
tetradic
#168C99 #651699 #992316 #4B9916
square
#168C99 #651699 #992316 #4B9916
split-complementary
#168C99 #99164B #996516
monochromatic
#072A2E #0E5B63 #168C99 #1EBDCF #45D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00
#168C99 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25
#168C99 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168C99
5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168C99#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168C991.004.005.255.25
#FFFFFF4.001.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2521.001.001.00
##0000005.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F869A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E7A99
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009390
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 206.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faeb7',
    500: '#168c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168c99;
$custom-light: #6faeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5867,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168C99
secondary
#C55246
accent
#4936F1
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#091011
muted
#7B7F80

Preview Lab

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#168C99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva