#168D88#168D88

#168D88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.096 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D88
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -31.26, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 31.86, 191.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0947 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.096 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2976, 20.9961, 26.5869)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D88 #8D161B

analogous

#168D4D #168D88 #16578D

triadic

#168D88 #88168D #8D8816

tetradic

#168D88 #4D168D #8D161B #578D16

square

#168D88 #4D168D #8D161B #578D16

split-complementary

#168D88 #8D1657 #8D4D16

monochromatic

#052322 #0E5855 #168D88 #1EC2BB #3DE1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#168D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#168D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D88

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D88	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.096 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafaa',
    500: '#168d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d88;
$custom-light: #6dafaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58278,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D88

secondary

#C13E44

accent

#3840F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D88

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

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