#168D89#168D89

#168D89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.096 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D89
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -30.95, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 31.66, 192.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0942 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.096 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3690, 21.0246, 26.9629)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D89 #8D161A

analogous

#168D4E #168D89 #16568D

triadic

#168D89 #89168D #8D8916

tetradic

#168D89 #4E168D #8D161A #568D16

square

#168D89 #4E168D #8D161A #568D16

split-complementary

#168D89 #8D1656 #8D4E16

monochromatic

#052322 #0E5856 #168D89 #1EC2BC #3DE1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#168D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#168D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D89

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D89	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.096 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafab',
    500: '#168d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d89;
$custom-light: #6dafab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.983,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58314,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D89

secondary

#C13E43

accent

#383EF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D89

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

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