#168D8E#168D8E

#168D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D8E
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -29.40, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 30.84, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0918 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.095 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7360, 21.1714, 28.8958)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D8E #8E1716

analogous

#168E53 #168D8E #16518E

triadic

#168D8E #8E168D #8D8E16

tetradic

#168D8E #53168E #8E1716 #518E16

square

#168D8E #53168E #8E1716 #518E16

split-complementary

#168D8E #8E1651 #8E5316

monochromatic

#062424 #0E5859 #168D8E #1EC2C3 #3DE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#168D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#168D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D8E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D8E	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafaf',
    500: '#168d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d8e;
$custom-light: #6eafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58498,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D8E

secondary

#C1403F

accent

#3938F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D8E

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

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