#169CA0#169CA0

#169CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169CA0
RGB	rgb(22, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -31.00, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 33.11, 200.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0984 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.104 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5616, 26.4832, 37.3844)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169CA0 #A01A16

analogous

#16A05F #169CA0 #1657A0

triadic

#169CA0 #A0169C #9CA016

tetradic

#169CA0 #5F16A0 #A01A16 #57A016

square

#169CA0 #5F16A0 #A01A16 #57A016

split-complementary

#169CA0 #A01657 #A05F16

monochromatic

#073334 #0F686A #169CA0 #1DD0D6 #4AE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#169CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#169CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169CA0

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169CA0	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9094A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9bc',
    500: '#169ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169ca0;
$custom-light: #72b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169CA0

secondary

#C84E4A

accent

#3B35F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #169CA0

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

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