#168A6D

A dark, vivid cyan closely aligning with Seagreen.

About #168A6D

When working with digital screens, the color #168A6D is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Seagreen. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 138 parts green, and 109 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 84% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 165.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#168A6D
RGB22, 138, 109
HSL165.0°, 72.5%, 31.4%
CMYK84%, 0%, 21%, 46%
HSV165.0°, 84.1%, 54.1%
LAB51.2, -37.6, 7.0
XYZ12.2, 19.5, 17.6
Decimal1477229

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.29:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.89:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.10:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.16:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #168A6D; }
.text-color { color: #168A6D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #168A6D; }

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