#168E89#168E89

#168E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E89
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -31.43, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 32.04, 191.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0952 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.097 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5171, 21.3209, 27.0123)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E89 #8E161B

analogous

#168E4D #168E89 #16578E

triadic

#168E89 #89168E #8E8916

tetradic

#168E89 #4D168E #8E161B #578E16

square

#168E89 #4D168E #8E161B #578E16

split-complementary

#168E89 #8E1657 #8E4D16

monochromatic

#062423 #0E5956 #168E89 #1EC3BC #3DE1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#168E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#168E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E89

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E89	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)

#858689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafab',
    500: '#168e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e89;
$custom-light: #6eafab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58577,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E89

secondary

#C13F44

accent

#3840F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E89

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

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