#168ECD#168ECD

#168ECD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.135 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168ECD
RGB	rgb(22, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -8.02, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 41.73, 258.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0681 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.135 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0189, 23.9216, 61.2553)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168ECD #CD5516

analogous

#16CDB1 #168ECD #1632CD

triadic

#168ECD #CD168E #8ECD16

tetradic

#168ECD #B116CD #CD5516 #32CD16

square

#168ECD #B116CD #CD5516 #32CD16

split-complementary

#168ECD #CD1632 #CDB116

monochromatic

#0A415E #106896 #168ECD #37ACEA #6EC3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#168ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#168ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168ECD

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168ECD	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.135 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aedc',
    500: '#168ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168ecd;
$custom-light: #78aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61651,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168ECD

secondary

#D58F69

accent

#7531F7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FB

border

#CACED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #168ECD

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

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