#168F88#168F88

#168F88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.098 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F88
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -32.21, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 32.62, 189.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0967 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.098 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5951, 21.5912, 26.6861)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F88 #8F161D

analogous

#168F4C #168F88 #16598F

triadic

#168F88 #88168F #8F8816

tetradic

#168F88 #4C168F #8F161D #598F16

square

#168F88 #4C168F #8F161D #598F16

split-complementary

#168F88 #8F1659 #8F4C16

monochromatic

#062523 #0E5A56 #168F88 #1EC4BA #3EE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#168F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#168F88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F88

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F88	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.098 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0aa',
    500: '#168f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f88;
$custom-light: #6eb0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58804,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F88

secondary

#C13F47

accent

#3842F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F88

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

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