#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
RGBrgb(22, 142, 143)
HSLhsl(180, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(53.49, -29.57, -9.37)
CIE-LCHlch(53.49, 31.02, 197.59°)
OKLaboklab(58.8% -0.0924 -0.0261)
OKLCHoklch(58.8% 0.096 195.8)
XYZxyz(14.9595, 21.4978, 29.3423)
Luminance0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168E8F1.003.965.305.30
#FFFFFF3.961.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

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

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#168E8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva