#169E71#169E71

#169E71 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.128 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E71
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 113)
HSL	hsl(160, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(160, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 28.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -44.98, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 47.13, 162.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.123 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.128 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5366, 25.8146, 19.7834)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E71 #9E1643

analogous

#169E2D #169E71 #16879E

triadic

#169E71 #71169E #9E7116

tetradic

#169E71 #2D169E #9E1643 #879E16

square

#169E71 #2D169E #9E1643 #879E16

split-complementary

#169E71 #9E1687 #9E2D16

monochromatic

#073324 #0F684B #169E71 #1DD497 #49E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#169E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#169E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E71

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E71	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B926E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.128 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc9a',
    500: '#169e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e71;
$custom-light: #6fbc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.147,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62109,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E71

secondary

#C74973

accent

#3674F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E71

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

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