#168F8D#168F8D

#168F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.097 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F8D
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -30.68, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 31.66, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0943 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.097 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.9588, 21.7367, 28.6013)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F8D #8F1618

analogous

#168F50 #168F8D #16558F

triadic

#168F8D #8D168F #8F8D16

tetradic

#168F8D #50168F #8F1618 #558F16

square

#168F8D #50168F #8F1618 #558F16

split-complementary

#168F8D #8F1655 #8F5016

monochromatic

#062524 #0E5A59 #168F8D #1EC4C1 #3EE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#168F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#168F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F8D

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F8D	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.097 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0ae',
    500: '#168f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f8d;
$custom-light: #6eb0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58983,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F8D

secondary

#C13F42

accent

#383BF0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F8D

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

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