#168E83#168E83

#168E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E83
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(175, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(175, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -33.24, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 33.38, 185.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% -0.0981 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.098 185)
XYZ	xyz(14.0986, 21.1535, 24.8083)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E83 #8E1621

analogous

#168E47 #168E83 #165D8E

triadic

#168E83 #83168E #8E8316

tetradic

#168E83 #47168E #8E1621 #5D8E16

square

#168E83 #47168E #8E1621 #5D8E16

split-complementary

#168E83 #8E165D #8E4716

monochromatic

#062421 #0E5952 #168E83 #1EC3B4 #3DE1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#168E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#168E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E83

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E83	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)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa7',
    500: '#168e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e83;
$custom-light: #6dafa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58368,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.21155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E83

secondary

#C13F4B

accent

#3849F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E83

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

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