#168E88#168E88

#168E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.097 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E88
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -31.74, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 32.24, 190.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.0957 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.097 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4457, 21.2923, 26.6362)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E88 #8E161C

analogous

#168E4C #168E88 #16588E

triadic

#168E88 #88168E #8E8816

tetradic

#168E88 #4C168E #8E161C #588E16

square

#168E88 #4C168E #8E161C #588E16

split-complementary

#168E88 #8E1658 #8E4C16

monochromatic

#062422 #0E5955 #168E88 #1EC3BB #3DE1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#168E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#168E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E88

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E88	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.097 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafaa',
    500: '#168e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e88;
$custom-light: #6dafaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58541,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E88

secondary

#C13F45

accent

#3841F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E88

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

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