#168E8D#168E8D

#168E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E8D
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -30.20, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 31.32, 195.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0933 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.096 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8093, 21.4378, 28.5515)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E8D #8E1617

analogous

#168E51 #168E8D #16538E

triadic

#168E8D #8D168E #8E8D16

tetradic

#168E8D #51168E #8E1617 #538E16

square

#168E8D #51168E #8E1617 #538E16

split-complementary

#168E8D #8E1653 #8E5116

monochromatic

#062424 #0E5958 #168E8D #1EC3C2 #3DE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#168E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#168E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E8D

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E8D	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafae',
    500: '#168e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e8d;
$custom-light: #6eafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58722,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E8D

secondary

#C13F40

accent

#3839F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E8D

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

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