#169BB4#169BB4

#169BB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.109 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169BB4
RGB	rgb(22, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -23.98, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 32.78, 222.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0888 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.109 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2868, 26.9059, 47.2953)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169BB4 #B42F16

analogous

#16B47E #169BB4 #164CB4

triadic

#169BB4 #B4169B #9BB416

tetradic

#169BB4 #7E16B4 #B42F16 #4CB416

square

#169BB4 #7E16B4 #B42F16 #4CB416

split-complementary

#169BB4 #B4164C #B47E16

monochromatic

#093D47 #0F6C7D #169BB4 #23C6E4 #5AD4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#169BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#169BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169BB4

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169BB4	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.109 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8ca',
    500: '#169bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169bb4;
$custom-light: #75b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.494,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63601,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169BB4

secondary

#CE6A58

accent

#5233F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #169BB4

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

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