#169B9E#169B9E

#169B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169B9E
RGB	rgb(22, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -31.15, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 33.05, 199.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0983 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.103 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2209, 26.0795, 36.4146)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169B9E #9E1916

analogous

#169E5D #169B9E #16579E

triadic

#169B9E #9E169B #9B9E16

tetradic

#169B9E #5D169E #9E1916 #579E16

square

#169B9E #5D169E #9E1916 #579E16

split-complementary

#169B9E #9E1657 #9E5D16

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6668 #169B9E #1DD0D4 #49E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#169B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#169B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169B9E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169B9E	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ba',
    500: '#169b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169b9e;
$custom-light: #72b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62717,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169B9E

secondary

#C74C49

accent

#3A36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169B9E

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

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