#169899#169899

#169899 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.101 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169899
RGB	rgb(22, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -31.27, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 32.79, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0977 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.101 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3062, 24.9247, 34.0296)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169899 #991716

analogous

#169959 #169899 #165799

triadic

#169899 #991698 #989916

tetradic

#169899 #591699 #991716 #579916

square

#169899 #591699 #991716 #579916

split-complementary

#169899 #991657 #995916

monochromatic

#072E2E #0E6363 #169899 #1ECDCF #45E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#169899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#169899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169899

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169899	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C839A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.101 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b7b7',
    500: '#169899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169899;
$custom-light: #71b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.458,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6176,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169899

secondary

#C54746

accent

#3836F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169899

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

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