#168FCD#168FCD

#168FCD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.134 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#168FCD
RGB	rgb(22, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -8.59, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 41.38, 258.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.069 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.134 239)
XYZ	xyz(21.1684, 24.2205, 61.3051)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#168FCD #CD5416

analogous

#16CDB0 #168FCD #1633CD

triadic

#168FCD #CD168F #8FCD16

tetradic

#168FCD #B016CD #CD5416 #33CD16

square

#168FCD #B016CD #CD5416 #33CD16

split-complementary

#168FCD #CD1633 #CDB016

monochromatic

#0A425E #106896 #168FCD #37ADEA #6EC4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#168FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#168FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #168FCD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##168FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##168FCD	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5980CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #168fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.134 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afdc',
    500: '#168fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #168fcd;
$custom-light: #78afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#168fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.328,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61888,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#168FCD

secondary

#D58E69

accent

#7431F7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FB

border

#CACED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #168FCD

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

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