#168CA1#168CA1

#168CA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.099 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168CA1
RGB	rgb(22, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -22.65, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 30.06, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0824 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.099 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1392, 21.4979, 37.0102)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168CA1 #A12B16

analogous

#16A170 #168CA1 #1646A1

triadic

#168CA1 #A1168C #8CA116

tetradic

#168CA1 #7016A1 #A12B16 #46A116

square

#168CA1 #7016A1 #A12B16 #46A116

split-complementary

#168CA1 #A11646 #A17016

monochromatic

#072E35 #0F5D6B #168CA1 #1DBBD7 #4BCFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#168CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#168CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168CA1

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168CA1	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.099 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aebc',
    500: '#168ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168ca1;
$custom-light: #70aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.065,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59007,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168CA1

secondary

#C85E4B

accent

#5235F3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #168CA1

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

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