#168E8E#168E8E

#168E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E8E
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -29.88, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 31.16, 196.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0928 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.096 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8841, 21.4677, 28.9451)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E8E #8E1616

analogous

#168E52 #168E8E #16528E

triadic

#168E8E #8E168E #8E8E16

tetradic

#168E8E #52168E #8E1616 #528E16

square

#168E8E #52168E #8E1616 #528E16

split-complementary

#168E8E #8E1652 #8E5216

monochromatic

#062424 #0E5959 #168E8E #1EC3C3 #3DE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#168E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#168E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E8E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E8E	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)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafaf',
    500: '#168e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e8e;
$custom-light: #6eafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58759,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E8E

secondary

#C13F3F

accent

#3838F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E8E

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

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