#168F8F#168F8F

#168F8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.097 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F8F
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 143)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 0%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -30.05, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 31.34, 196.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0934 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.097 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1089, 21.7967, 29.3921)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F8F #8F1616

analogous

#168F53 #168F8F #16538F

triadic

#168F8F #8F168F #8F8F16

tetradic

#168F8F #53168F #8F1616 #538F16

square

#168F8F #53168F #8F1616 #538F16

split-complementary

#168F8F #8F1653 #8F5316

monochromatic

#062525 #0E5A5A #168F8F #1EC4C4 #3EE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#168F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#168F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F8F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F8F	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.097 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0af',
    500: '#168f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f8f;
$custom-light: #6eb0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59057,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F8F

secondary

#C13F3F

accent

#3838F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F8F

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

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