#168E99#168E99

#168E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.097 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168E99
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -26.35, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 30.14, 209.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0878 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.097 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7511, 21.8145, 33.5113)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168E99 #992116

analogous

#169963 #168E99 #164D99

triadic

#168E99 #99168E #8E9916

tetradic

#168E99 #631699 #992116 #4D9916

square

#168E99 #631699 #992116 #4D9916

split-complementary

#168E99 #99164D #996316

monochromatic

#072B2E #0E5C63 #168E99 #1EC0CF #45D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#168E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#168E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168E99

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168E99	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.097 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafb7',
    500: '#168e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168e99;
$custom-light: #6fafb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59184,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168E99

secondary

#C55046

accent

#4636F1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #168E99

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

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