#169E73#169E73

#169E73 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.126 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E73
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 115)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 27.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -44.50, 13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 46.36, 163.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.122 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.126 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6504, 25.8601, 20.3830)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E73 #9E1641

analogous

#169E2F #169E73 #16859E

triadic

#169E73 #73169E #9E7316

tetradic

#169E73 #2F169E #9E1641 #859E16

square

#169E73 #2F169E #9E1641 #859E16

split-complementary

#169E73 #9E1685 #9E2F16

monochromatic

#073325 #0F684C #169E73 #1DD49A #49E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#169E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#169E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E73

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E73	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)

#9B9271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.126 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbc9b',
    500: '#169e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e73;
$custom-light: #6fbc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.029,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62159,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E73

secondary

#C74971

accent

#3671F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E73

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

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