#168F9F#168F9F

#168F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.099 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168F9F
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -24.87, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 30.29, 214.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0862 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.099 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4086, 22.3166, 36.2369)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168F9F #9F2616

analogous

#169F6A #168F9F #164B9F

triadic

#168F9F #9F168F #8F9F16

tetradic

#168F9F #6A169F #9F2616 #4B9F16

square

#168F9F #6A169F #9F2616 #4B9F16

split-complementary

#168F9F #9F164B #9F6A16

monochromatic

#072E33 #0F5F69 #168F9F #1DBFD5 #4AD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#168F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#168F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168F9F

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168F9F	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.099 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0bb',
    500: '#168f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168f9f;
$custom-light: #70b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.007,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59686,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168F9F

secondary

#C7584A

accent

#4C36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #168F9F

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

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