#169992#169992

#169992 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.103 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169992
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 146)
HSL	hsl(177, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -33.89, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 34.37, 189.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.1019 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.103 189)
XYZ	xyz(16.9079, 25.0262, 31.1280)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169992 #99161D

analogous

#169951 #169992 #165F99

triadic

#169992 #921699 #999216

tetradic

#169992 #511699 #99161D #5F9916

square

#169992 #511699 #99161D #5F9916

split-complementary

#169992 #99165F #995116

monochromatic

#072E2C #0E635F #169992 #1ECFC5 #45E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#169992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#169992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169992

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169992	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.103 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b7b1',
    500: '#169992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169992;
$custom-light: #70b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.794,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61768,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.25028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169992

secondary

#C5464C

accent

#3640F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F5

border

#C8D0CF

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169992

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

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