#169C9E#169C9E

#169C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169C9E
RGB	rgb(22, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -31.63, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 33.35, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0993 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3880, 26.4137, 36.4703)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169C9E #9E1816

analogous

#169E5C #169C9E #16589E

triadic

#169C9E #9E169C #9C9E16

tetradic

#169C9E #5C169E #9E1816 #589E16

square

#169C9E #5C169E #9E1816 #589E16

split-complementary

#169C9E #9E1658 #9E5C16

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6768 #169C9E #1DD1D4 #49E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#169C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#169C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169C9E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169C9E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ba',
    500: '#169c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169c9e;
$custom-light: #72b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62973,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169C9E

secondary

#C74B49

accent

#3836F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169C9E

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

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