#169997#169997

#169997 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.102 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169997
RGB	rgb(22, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -32.37, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 33.42, 194.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0996 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.102 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3054, 25.1852, 33.2213)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169997 #991618

analogous

#169956 #169997 #165A99

triadic

#169997 #971699 #999716

tetradic

#169997 #561699 #991618 #5A9916

square

#169997 #561699 #991618 #5A9916

split-complementary

#169997 #99165A #995616

monochromatic

#072E2D #0E6362 #169997 #1ECFCC #45E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#169997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#169997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169997

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169997	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.102 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b7b5',
    500: '#169997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169997;
$custom-light: #71b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.084,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61945,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169997

secondary

#C54648

accent

#3639F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169997

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

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