#169699#169699

#169699 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169699
RGB	rgb(22, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -30.30, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 32.18, 199.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0957 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.1 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9843, 24.2810, 33.9223)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169699 #991916

analogous

#16995B #169699 #165599

triadic

#169699 #991696 #969916

tetradic

#169699 #5B1699 #991916 #559916

square

#169699 #5B1699 #991916 #559916

split-complementary

#169699 #991655 #995B16

monochromatic

#072D2E #0E6263 #169699 #1ECACF #45E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#169699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#169699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169699

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169699	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b5b7',
    500: '#169699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169699;
$custom-light: #71b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61244,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169699

secondary

#C54946

accent

#3B36F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169699

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

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