#169990#169990

#169990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.104 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169990
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(176, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -34.49, -4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 34.80, 187.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.1028 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.104 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7537, 24.9645, 30.3158)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169990 #99161F

analogous

#16994F #169990 #166199

triadic

#169990 #901699 #999016

tetradic

#169990 #4F1699 #99161F #619916

square

#169990 #4F1699 #99161F #619916

split-complementary

#169990 #991661 #994F16

monochromatic

#072E2B #0E635E #169990 #1ECFC2 #45E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#169990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#169990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169990

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169990	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#909090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.104 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b7b0',
    500: '#169990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169990;
$custom-light: #70b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.878,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61699,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169990

secondary

#C5464E

accent

#3643F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169990

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

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