#168E8B#168E8B

#168E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.096 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E8B
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -30.82, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 31.66, 193.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0942 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.096 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6619, 21.3788, 27.7749)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E8B #8E1619

analogous

#168E4F #168E8B #16558E

triadic

#168E8B #8B168E #8E8B16

tetradic

#168E8B #4F168E #8E1619 #558E16

square

#168E8B #4F168E #8E1619 #558E16

split-complementary

#168E8B #8E1655 #8E4F16

monochromatic

#062423 #0E5957 #168E8B #1EC3BF #3DE1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#168E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#168E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E8B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E8B	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.096 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#168e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e8b;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58649,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E8B

secondary

#C13F42

accent

#383DF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E8B

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

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