#169E75#169E75

#169E75 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.125 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E75
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 117)
HSL	hsl(162, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 25.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -44.01, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 45.61, 164.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.121 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.125 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7667, 25.9066, 20.9957)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E75 #9E163F

analogous

#169E31 #169E75 #16839E

triadic

#169E75 #75169E #9E7516

tetradic

#169E75 #31169E #9E163F #839E16

square

#169E75 #31169E #9E163F #839E16

split-complementary

#169E75 #9E1683 #9E3116

monochromatic

#073325 #0F684D #169E75 #1DD49D #49E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#169E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#169E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E75

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E75	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.125 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9c',
    500: '#169e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e75;
$custom-light: #6fbb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.912,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6221,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E75

secondary

#C7496F

accent

#366EF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E75

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

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