#169090#169090

#169090 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.097 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169090
RGB	rgb(22, 144, 144)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -30.23, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 31.52, 196.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0939 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.097 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3358, 22.1287, 29.8431)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169090 #901616

analogous

#169053 #169090 #165390

triadic

#169090 #901690 #909016

tetradic

#169090 #531690 #901616 #539016

square

#169090 #531690 #901616 #539016

split-complementary

#169090 #901653 #905316

monochromatic

#062626 #0E5B5B #169090 #1EC5C5 #3FE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#169090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#169090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169090

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169090	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 144, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.097 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb1b0',
    500: '#169090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169090;
$custom-light: #6fb1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59354,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169090

secondary

#C24040

accent

#3838F0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169090

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

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