#168E8F#168E8F

#168E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E8F
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -29.57, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 31.02, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0924 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.096 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9595, 21.4978, 29.3423)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E8F #8F1716

analogous

#168F54 #168E8F #16518F

triadic

#168E8F #8F168E #8E8F16

tetradic

#168E8F #54168F #8F1716 #518F16

square

#168E8F #54168F #8F1716 #518F16

split-complementary

#168E8F #8F1651 #8F5416

monochromatic

#062525 #0E595A #168E8F #1EC3C4 #3EE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#168E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#168E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E8F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E8F	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafaf',
    500: '#168e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e8f;
$custom-light: #6eafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58796,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E8F

secondary

#C1403F

accent

#3938F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E8F

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

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