#169C9F#169C9F

#169C9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169C9F
RGB	rgb(22, 156, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -31.32, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 33.22, 199.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0988 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.104 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4744, 26.4483, 36.9255)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169C9F #9F1916

analogous

#169F5D #169C9F #16579F

triadic

#169C9F #9F169C #9C9F16

tetradic

#169C9F #5D169F #9F1916 #579F16

square

#169C9F #5D169F #9F1916 #579F16

split-complementary

#169C9F #9F1657 #9F5D16

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6769 #169C9F #1DD1D5 #4AE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#169C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#169C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169C9F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169C9F	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 156, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9bb',
    500: '#169c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169c9f;
$custom-light: #72b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6301,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169C9F

secondary

#C74C4A

accent

#3A36F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #169C9F

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

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