#169B9F#169B9F

#169B9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169B9F
RGB	rgb(22, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -30.83, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 32.93, 200.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0979 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.103 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3073, 26.1141, 36.8698)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169B9F #9F1A16

analogous

#169F5E #169B9F #16569F

triadic

#169B9F #9F169B #9B9F16

tetradic

#169B9F #5E169F #9F1A16 #569F16

square

#169B9F #5E169F #9F1A16 #569F16

split-complementary

#169B9F #9F1656 #9F5E16

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6769 #169B9F #1DCFD5 #4AE1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#169B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#169B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169B9F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169B9F	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#8F939F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9bb',
    500: '#169b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169b9f;
$custom-light: #72b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.752,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62754,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169B9F

secondary

#C74D4A

accent

#3B36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169B9F

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

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