#168D86#168D86

#168D86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.097 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D86
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(176, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -31.87, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 32.27, 189.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.0956 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.097 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1567, 20.9397, 25.8453)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D86 #8D161D

analogous

#168D4B #168D86 #16588D

triadic

#168D86 #86168D #8D8616

tetradic

#168D86 #4B168D #8D161D #588D16

square

#168D86 #4B168D #8D161D #588D16

split-complementary

#168D86 #8D1658 #8D4B16

monochromatic

#052321 #0E5854 #168D86 #1EC2B8 #3DE1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#168D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#168D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D86

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D86	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)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.097 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa9',
    500: '#168d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d86;
$custom-light: #6dafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58207,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D86

secondary

#C13E46

accent

#3843F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D86

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

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