#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
RGBrgb(22, 141, 137)
HSLhsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(178, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(52.98, -30.95, -6.67)
CIE-LCHlch(52.98, 31.66, 192.16°)
OKLaboklab(58.31% -0.0942 -0.0186)
OKLCHoklch(58.31% 0.096 191.2)
XYZxyz(14.3690, 21.0246, 26.9629)
Luminance0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168D891.004.035.215.21
#FFFFFF4.031.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2121.001.001.00
##0000005.2121.001.001.00

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

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#168D89 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva