#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
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -25.85, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 29.94, 210.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0869 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.097 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6029, 21.5182, 33.4619)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##168D99	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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