#168D99#168D99

#168D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#168D99
RGBrgb(22, 141, 153)
HSLhsl(185, 75%, 34%)
HSVhsv(185, 86%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(85.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(53.51, -25.85, -15.12)
CIE-LCHlch(53.51, 29.94, 210.32°)
OKLaboklab(58.93% -0.0869 -0.0421)
OKLCHoklch(58.93% 0.097 205.9)
XYZxyz(15.6029, 21.5182, 33.4619)
Luminance0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#168D99 #992216
analogous
#169964 #168D99 #164C99
triadic
#168D99 #99168D #8D9916
tetradic
#168D99 #641699 #992216 #4C9916
square
#168D99 #641699 #992216 #4C9916
split-complementary
#168D99 #99164C #996416
monochromatic
#072A2E #0E5C63 #168D99 #1EBECF #45D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96
#168D99 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30
#168D99 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168D99
5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##168D99#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##168D991.003.965.305.30
#FFFFFF3.961.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#80879A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F7B99
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009490
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #168d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 205.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faeb7',
    500: '#168d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #168d99;
$custom-light: #6faeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#168d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58927,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#168D99
secondary
#C55146
accent
#4736F1
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#091011
muted
#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #168D99

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#168D99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva