#169E72#169E72

#169E72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.127 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E72
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -44.74, 13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 46.74, 163.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.1225 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.127 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5932, 25.8372, 20.0816)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E72 #9E1642

analogous

#169E2E #169E72 #16869E

triadic

#169E72 #72169E #9E7216

tetradic

#169E72 #2E169E #9E1642 #869E16

square

#169E72 #2E169E #9E1642 #869E16

split-complementary

#169E72 #9E1686 #9E2E16

monochromatic

#073324 #0F684B #169E72 #1DD499 #49E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#169E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#169E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E72

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E72	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.127 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc9a',
    500: '#169e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e72;
$custom-light: #6fbc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.588,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62134,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E72

secondary

#C74972

accent

#3673F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E72

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

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