#169A9F#169A9F

#169A9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.103 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169A9F
RGB	rgb(22, 154, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -30.35, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 32.65, 201.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0969 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.103 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1416, 25.7826, 36.8145)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169A9F #9F1B16

analogous

#169F5F #169A9F #16559F

triadic

#169A9F #9F169A #9A9F16

tetradic

#169A9F #5F169F #9F1B16 #559F16

square

#169A9F #5F169F #9F1B16 #559F16

split-complementary

#169A9F #9F1655 #9F5F16

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6669 #169A9F #1DCED5 #4AE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#169A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#169A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169A9F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169A9F	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C85A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 154, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.103 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8bb',
    500: '#169a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169a9f;
$custom-light: #72b8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.19,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62498,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169A9F

secondary

#C74E4A

accent

#3C36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169A9F

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

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