#168F89#168F89

#168F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.098 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F89
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, -31.91, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 32.41, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0962 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.098 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6665, 21.6198, 27.0621)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F89 #8F161C

analogous

#168F4D #168F89 #16588F

triadic

#168F89 #89168F #8F8916

tetradic

#168F89 #4D168F #8F161C #588F16

square

#168F89 #4D168F #8F161C #588F16

split-complementary

#168F89 #8F1658 #8F4D16

monochromatic

#062523 #0E5A56 #168F89 #1EC4BC #3EE1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#168F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#168F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F89

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F89	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.098 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0ab',
    500: '#168f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f89;
$custom-light: #6eb0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.025,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58839,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F89

secondary

#C13F46

accent

#3841F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F89

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

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