#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
RGBrgb(22, 142, 153)
HSLhsl(185, 75%, 34%)
HSVhsv(185, 86%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(85.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(53.83, -26.35, -14.64)
CIE-LCHlch(53.83, 30.14, 209.05°)
OKLaboklab(59.18% -0.0878 -0.0407)
OKLCHoklch(59.18% 0.097 204.9)
XYZxyz(15.7511, 21.8145, 33.5113)
Luminance0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168E991.003.925.365.36
#FFFFFF3.921.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3621.001.001.00
##0000005.3621.001.001.00

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

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#168E99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva