#169AAB#169AAB

#169AAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.105 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169AAB
RGB	rgb(22, 154, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 87%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -26.47, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 32.14, 214.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0916 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.105 209)
XYZ	xyz(19.2339, 26.2195, 42.5673)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169AAB #AB2716

analogous

#16AB72 #169AAB #164FAB

triadic

#169AAB #AB169A #9AAB16

tetradic

#169AAB #7216AB #AB2716 #4FAB16

square

#169AAB #7216AB #AB2716 #4FAB16

split-complementary

#169AAB #AB164F #AB7216

monochromatic

#08383F #0F6975 #169AAB #1DCBE1 #53D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#169AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#169AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169AAB

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169AAB	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7886AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 154, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.105 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8c4',
    500: '#169aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169aab;
$custom-light: #73b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62972,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.26222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169AAB

secondary

#CB5F52

accent

#4A34F4

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #169AAB

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

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