#169969#169969

#169969 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.129 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169969
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(158, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(158, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 31.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -44.85, 16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 47.64, 160.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.122 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.129 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2703, 23.9711, 17.2366)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169969 #991646

analogous

#169927 #169969 #168899

triadic

#169969 #691699 #996916

tetradic

#169969 #271699 #991646 #889916

square

#169969 #271699 #991646 #889916

split-complementary

#169969 #991688 #992716

monochromatic

#072E20 #0E6344 #169969 #1ECF8E #45E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#169969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#169969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169969

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169969	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#978D66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88826C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.129 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb894',
    500: '#169969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169969;
$custom-light: #6eb894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.015,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60568,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169969

secondary

#C54674

accent

#367BF1

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F1

border

#C8D0CB

text

#08110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169969

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

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