#168DCD#168DCD

#168DCD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.136 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168DCD
RGB	rgb(22, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -7.45, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 42.08, 259.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0673 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.136 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8708, 23.6254, 61.2059)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168DCD #CD5616

analogous

#16CDB2 #168DCD #1631CD

triadic

#168DCD #CD168D #8DCD16

tetradic

#168DCD #B216CD #CD5616 #31CD16

square

#168DCD #B216CD #CD5616 #31CD16

split-complementary

#168DCD #CD1631 #CDB216

monochromatic

#0A415E #106796 #168DCD #37ABEA #6EC2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#168DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#168DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168DCD

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168DCD	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.136 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aedc',
    500: '#168dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168dcd;
$custom-light: #78aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.984,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61414,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168DCD

secondary

#D58F69

accent

#7631F7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FB

border

#CACED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #168DCD

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

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