#168F8E#168F8E

#168F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.097 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F8E
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -30.37, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 31.50, 195.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0938 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.097 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0335, 21.7666, 28.9950)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F8E #8F1617

analogous

#168F51 #168F8E #16548F

triadic

#168F8E #8E168F #8F8E16

tetradic

#168F8E #51168F #8F1617 #548F16

square

#168F8E #51168F #8F1617 #548F16

split-complementary

#168F8E #8F1654 #8F5116

monochromatic

#062525 #0E5A59 #168F8E #1EC4C3 #3EE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#168F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#168F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F8E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F8E	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#85878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.097 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0af',
    500: '#168f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f8e;
$custom-light: #6eb0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.504,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5902,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F8E

secondary

#C13F40

accent

#3839F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F8E

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

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