#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
RGBrgb(22, 140, 161)
HSLhsl(189, 76%, 36%)
HSVhsv(189, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(86.3%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(53.49, -22.65, -19.77)
CIE-LCHlch(53.49, 30.06, 221.11°)
OKLaboklab(59.01% -0.0824 -0.0552)
OKLCHoklch(59.01% 0.099 213.8)
XYZxyz(16.1392, 21.4979, 37.0102)
Luminance0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168CA11.003.965.305.30
#FFFFFF3.961.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

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

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#168CA1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva