#168D90#168D90

#168D90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168D90
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 144)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -28.76, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 30.58, 199.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0909 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.095 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8875, 21.2320, 29.6937)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168D90 #901916

analogous

#169056 #168D90 #165090

triadic

#168D90 #90168D #8D9016

tetradic

#168D90 #561690 #901916 #509016

square

#168D90 #561690 #901916 #509016

split-complementary

#168D90 #901650 #905616

monochromatic

#062526 #0E595B #168D90 #1EC1C5 #3FDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#168D90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#168D90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D90

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168D90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168D90	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168d90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafb0',
    500: '#168d90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168d90;
$custom-light: #6eafb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168d90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58573,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168D90

secondary

#C24340

accent

#3C38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D90

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

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