#168F81#168F81

#168F81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.100 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F81
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(173, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 9.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -34.29, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 34.32, 182.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.1 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.1 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1138, 21.3987, 24.1511)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F81 #8F1624

analogous

#168F45 #168F81 #16608F

triadic

#168F81 #81168F #8F8116

tetradic

#168F81 #45168F #8F1624 #608F16

square

#168F81 #45168F #8F1624 #608F16

split-complementary

#168F81 #8F1660 #8F4516

monochromatic

#062521 #0E5A51 #168F81 #1EC4B1 #3EE1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#168F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#168F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F81

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F81	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.100 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a5',
    500: '#168f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f81;
$custom-light: #6db0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.058,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58566,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F81

secondary

#C13F4E

accent

#384DF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F81

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

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