#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
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -25.34, -15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 29.76, 211.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0859 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.096 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4562, 21.2247, 33.4130)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##168C99	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #168C99

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

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