#168D8D#168D8D

#168D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.096 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D8D
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -29.71, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 30.98, 196.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0923 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.096 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6612, 21.1415, 28.5021)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D8D #8D1616

analogous

#168D52 #168D8D #16528D

triadic

#168D8D #8D168D #8D8D16

tetradic

#168D8D #52168D #8D1616 #528D16

square

#168D8D #52168D #8D1616 #528D16

split-complementary

#168D8D #8D1652 #8D5216

monochromatic

#052323 #0E5858 #168D8D #1EC2C2 #3DE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#168D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#168D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D8D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D8D	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.096 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafae',
    500: '#168d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d8d;
$custom-light: #6eafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5846,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D8D

secondary

#C13E3E

accent

#3838F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D8D

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

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