#169D9E#169D9E

#169D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169D9E
RGB	rgb(22, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -32.11, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 33.66, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.1003 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5565, 26.7507, 36.5265)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169D9E #9E1716

analogous

#169E5B #169D9E #16599E

triadic

#169D9E #9E169D #9D9E16

tetradic

#169D9E #5B169E #9E1716 #599E16

square

#169D9E #5B169E #9E1716 #599E16

split-complementary

#169D9E #9E1659 #9E5B16

monochromatic

#073233 #0F6868 #169D9E #1DD2D4 #49E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#169D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#169D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169D9E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169D9E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baba',
    500: '#169d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169d9e;
$custom-light: #72baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63229,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169D9E

secondary

#C74A49

accent

#3736F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169D9E

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

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