#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
RGBrgb(22, 143, 139)
HSLhsl(178, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(178, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(84.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(53.68, -31.30, -6.77)
CIE-LCHlch(53.68, 32.02, 192.21°)
OKLaboklab(58.91% -0.0952 -0.0189)
OKLCHoklch(58.91% 0.097 191.2)
XYZxyz(14.8113, 21.6777, 27.8247)
Luminance0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##168F8B1.003.945.345.34
#FFFFFF3.941.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3421.001.001.00
##0000005.3421.001.001.00

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

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#168F8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva