#168F8B#168F8B

#168F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F8B
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -31.30, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 32.02, 192.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0952 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.097 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8113, 21.6777, 27.8247)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F8B #8F161A

analogous

#168F4F #168F8B #16568F

triadic

#168F8B #8B168F #8F8B16

tetradic

#168F8B #4F168F #8F161A #568F16

square

#168F8B #4F168F #8F161A #568F16

split-complementary

#168F8B #8F1656 #8F4F16

monochromatic

#062524 #0E5A57 #168F8B #1EC4BF #3EE1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#168F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#168F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F8B

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F8B	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0ac',
    500: '#168f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f8b;
$custom-light: #6eb0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.017,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58911,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F8B

secondary

#C13F44

accent

#383EF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F8B

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

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