#168E8A#168E8A

#168E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E8A
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -31.13, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 31.84, 192.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0947 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.097 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5891, 21.3497, 27.3918)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E8A #8E161A

analogous

#168E4E #168E8A #16568E

triadic

#168E8A #8A168E #8E8A16

tetradic

#168E8A #4E168E #8E161A #568E16

square

#168E8A #4E168E #8E161A #568E16

split-complementary

#168E8A #8E1656 #8E4E16

monochromatic

#062423 #0E5957 #168E8A #1EC3BD #3DE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#168E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#168E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E8A

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E8A	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#168e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e8a;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58613,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E8A

secondary

#C13F43

accent

#383EF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E8A

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

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