#168F87#168F87

#168F87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.098 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F87
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(176, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -32.51, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 32.84, 188.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0971 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.098 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5244, 21.5629, 26.3135)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F87 #8F161E

analogous

#168F4B #168F87 #165B8F

triadic

#168F87 #87168F #8F8716

tetradic

#168F87 #4B168F #8F161E #5B8F16

square

#168F87 #4B168F #8F161E #5B8F16

split-complementary

#168F87 #8F165B #8F4B16

monochromatic

#062523 #0E5A55 #168F87 #1EC4B9 #3EE1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#168F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#168F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F87

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F87	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#878787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.098 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0a9',
    500: '#168f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f87;
$custom-light: #6eb0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.033,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58769,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F87

secondary

#C13F48

accent

#3844F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F87

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

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