#168E84#168E84

#168E84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E84
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 132)
HSL	hsl(175, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(175, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -32.94, -3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 33.13, 186.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.0976 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.098 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1667, 21.1807, 25.1670)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E84 #8E1620

analogous

#168E48 #168E84 #165C8E

triadic

#168E84 #84168E #8E8416

tetradic

#168E84 #48168E #8E1620 #5C8E16

square

#168E84 #48168E #8E1620 #5C8E16

split-complementary

#168E84 #8E165C #8E4816

monochromatic

#062421 #0E5953 #168E84 #1EC3B5 #3DE1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#168E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#168E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E84

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E84	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa7',
    500: '#168e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e84;
$custom-light: #6dafa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58402,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E84

secondary

#C13F4A

accent

#3847F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E84

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

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