#169991#169991

#169991 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.103 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169991
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(176, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 5.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -34.19, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 34.58, 188.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.1024 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.103 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8305, 24.9952, 30.7201)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169991 #99161E

analogous

#169950 #169991 #166099

triadic

#169991 #911699 #999116

tetradic

#169991 #501699 #99161E #609916

square

#169991 #501699 #99161E #609916

split-complementary

#169991 #991660 #995016

monochromatic

#072E2C #0E635E #169991 #1ECFC4 #45E4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#169991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#169991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169991

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169991	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.103 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b7b1',
    500: '#169991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169991;
$custom-light: #70b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.336,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61733,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169991

secondary

#C5464D

accent

#3642F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F5

border

#C8D0CF

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169991

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

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