#169599#169599

#169599 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.100 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169599
RGB	rgb(22, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(182, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -29.82, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 31.88, 200.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0947 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.1 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8254, 23.9632, 33.8694)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169599 #991A16

analogous

#16995C #169599 #165499

triadic

#169599 #991695 #959916

tetradic

#169599 #5C1699 #991A16 #549916

square

#169599 #5C1699 #991A16 #549916

split-complementary

#169599 #991654 #995C16

monochromatic

#072D2E #0E6163 #169599 #1EC9CF #45DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#169599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#169599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169599

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169599	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.100 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b4b7',
    500: '#169599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169599;
$custom-light: #70b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60987,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169599

secondary

#C54A46

accent

#3C36F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169599

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

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