#168D87#168D87

#168D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.096 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D87
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -31.57, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 32.06, 190.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0951 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.096 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2268, 20.9678, 26.2143)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D87 #8D161C

analogous

#168D4C #168D87 #16588D

triadic

#168D87 #87168D #8D8716

tetradic

#168D87 #4C168D #8D161C #588D16

square

#168D87 #4C168D #8D161C #588D16

split-complementary

#168D87 #8D1658 #8D4C16

monochromatic

#052322 #0E5854 #168D87 #1EC2BA #3DE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#168D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#168D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D87

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D87	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#848587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.096 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa9',
    500: '#168d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d87;
$custom-light: #6dafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.975,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58243,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D87

secondary

#C13E45

accent

#3841F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D87

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

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