#169E77#169E77

#169E77 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.123 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E77
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 119)
HSL	hsl(163, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 24.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -43.52, 10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 44.86, 165.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.12 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.123 167)
XYZ	xyz(15.8856, 25.9542, 21.6216)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E77 #9E163D

analogous

#169E33 #169E77 #16819E

triadic

#169E77 #77169E #9E7716

tetradic

#169E77 #33169E #9E163D #819E16

square

#169E77 #33169E #9E163D #819E16

split-complementary

#169E77 #9E1681 #9E3316

monochromatic

#073326 #0F684F #169E77 #1DD49F #49E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#169E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#169E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E77

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E77	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.123 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9e',
    500: '#169e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e77;
$custom-light: #6fbb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62262,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.25956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E77

secondary

#C7496D

accent

#366CF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E77

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

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