#169AA0#169AA0

#169AA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.103 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169AA0
RGB	rgb(22, 154, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -30.03, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 32.55, 202.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0964 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.103 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2287, 25.8175, 37.2734)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169AA0 #A01C16

analogous

#16A061 #169AA0 #1655A0

triadic

#169AA0 #A0169A #9AA016

tetradic

#169AA0 #6116A0 #A01C16 #55A016

square

#169AA0 #6116A0 #A01C16 #55A016

split-complementary

#169AA0 #A01655 #A06116

monochromatic

#073234 #0F666A #169AA0 #1DCED6 #4ADFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#169AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#169AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169AA0

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169AA0	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)

#8E93A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C85A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 154, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.103 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8bc',
    500: '#169aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169aa0;
$custom-light: #72b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62536,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169AA0

secondary

#C8504A

accent

#3E35F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091112

muted

#7B8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #169AA0

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

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