#168E87#168E87

#168E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.097 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E87
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -32.04, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 32.45, 189.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.0961 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.097 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3749, 21.2640, 26.2637)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E87 #8E161D

analogous

#168E4B #168E87 #16598E

triadic

#168E87 #87168E #8E8716

tetradic

#168E87 #4B168E #8E161D #598E16

square

#168E87 #4B168E #8E161D #598E16

split-complementary

#168E87 #8E1659 #8E4B16

monochromatic

#062422 #0E5955 #168E87 #1EC3B9 #3DE1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#168E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#168E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E87

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E87	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.097 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafa9',
    500: '#168e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e87;
$custom-light: #6dafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58506,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E87

secondary

#C13F46

accent

#3843F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E87

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

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