#168E85#168E85

#168E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E85
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(176, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -32.64, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 32.90, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.0971 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.098 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2354, 21.2082, 25.5291)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E85 #8E161F

analogous

#168E49 #168E85 #165B8E

triadic

#168E85 #85168E #8E8516

tetradic

#168E85 #49168E #8E161F #5B8E16

square

#168E85 #49168E #8E161F #5B8E16

split-complementary

#168E85 #8E165B #8E4916

monochromatic

#062422 #0E5953 #168E85 #1EC3B7 #3DE1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#168E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#168E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E85

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E85	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)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa8',
    500: '#168e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e85;
$custom-light: #6dafa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58436,
    "c": 0.09779,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E85

secondary

#C13F49

accent

#3846F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E85

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

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