#168D8A#168D8A

#168D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.096 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D8A
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -30.65, -7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 31.48, 193.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0937 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.096 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4410, 21.0535, 27.3424)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D8A #8D1619

analogous

#168D4E #168D8A #16558D

triadic

#168D8A #8A168D #8D8A16

tetradic

#168D8A #4E168D #8D1619 #558D16

square

#168D8A #4E168D #8D1619 #558D16

split-complementary

#168D8A #8D1655 #8D4E16

monochromatic

#052322 #0E5856 #168D8A #1EC2BE #3DE1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#168D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#168D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D8A

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D8A	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)

#84858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.096 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafac',
    500: '#168d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d8a;
$custom-light: #6dafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5835,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D8A

secondary

#C13E42

accent

#383DF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D8A

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

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