#169D9F#169D9F

#169D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169D9F
RGB	rgb(22, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -31.80, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 33.52, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0998 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6429, 26.7853, 36.9817)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169D9F #9F1816

analogous

#169F5C #169D9F #16589F

triadic

#169D9F #9F169D #9D9F16

tetradic

#169D9F #5C169F #9F1816 #589F16

square

#169D9F #5C169F #9F1816 #589F16

split-complementary

#169D9F #9F1658 #9F5C16

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6869 #169D9F #1DD2D5 #4AE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#169D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#169D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169D9F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169D9F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72babb',
    500: '#169d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169d9f;
$custom-light: #72babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63266,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169D9F

secondary

#C74B4A

accent

#3836F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169D9F

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

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