#168E90#168E90

#168E90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E90
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 144)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -29.25, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 30.88, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0919 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.096 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0356, 21.5283, 29.7431)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E90 #901816

analogous

#169055 #168E90 #165190

triadic

#168E90 #90168E #8E9016

tetradic

#168E90 #551690 #901816 #519016

square

#168E90 #551690 #901816 #519016

split-complementary

#168E90 #901651 #905516

monochromatic

#062526 #0E5A5B #168E90 #1EC2C5 #3FDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#168E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#168E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E90

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E90	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737B91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafb0',
    500: '#168e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e90;
$custom-light: #6eafb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58833,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E90

secondary

#C24240

accent

#3B38F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E90

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

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