#168E8C#168E8C

#168E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E8C
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -30.51, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 31.48, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0938 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.096 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.7353, 21.4081, 28.1614)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E8C #8E1618

analogous

#168E50 #168E8C #16548E

triadic

#168E8C #8C168E #8E8C16

tetradic

#168E8C #50168E #8E1618 #548E16

square

#168E8C #50168E #8E1618 #548E16

split-complementary

#168E8C #8E1654 #8E5016

monochromatic

#062424 #0E5958 #168E8C #1EC3C0 #3DE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#168E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#168E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E8C

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E8C	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)

#84868C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafad',
    500: '#168e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e8c;
$custom-light: #6eafad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58685,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.2141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E8C

secondary

#C13F41

accent

#383BF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E8C

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

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