#169AB4#169AB4

#169AB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169AB4
RGB	rgb(22, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -23.46, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 32.73, 224.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0879 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.109 216)
XYZ	xyz(20.1211, 26.5744, 47.2400)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169AB4 #B43016

analogous

#16B47F #169AB4 #164BB4

triadic

#169AB4 #B4169A #9AB416

tetradic

#169AB4 #7F16B4 #B43016 #4BB416

square

#169AB4 #7F16B4 #B43016 #4BB416

split-complementary

#169AB4 #B4164B #B47F16

monochromatic

#093D47 #0F6B7D #169AB4 #23C4E4 #5AD3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#169AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#169AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169AB4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169AB4	1.00	3.33	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8895B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7587B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ca',
    500: '#169ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169ab4;
$custom-light: #75b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.873,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63352,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.26577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169AB4

secondary

#CE6B58

accent

#5333F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #169AB4

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

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