#169E78#169E78

#169E78 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.122 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E78
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 120)
HSL	hsl(163, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -43.27, 10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 44.49, 166.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.1195 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.122 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9460, 25.9783, 21.9395)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E78 #9E163C

analogous

#169E34 #169E78 #16809E

triadic

#169E78 #78169E #9E7816

tetradic

#169E78 #34169E #9E163C #809E16

square

#169E78 #34169E #9E163C #809E16

split-complementary

#169E78 #9E1680 #9E3416

monochromatic

#073326 #0F684F #169E78 #1DD4A1 #49E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#169E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#169E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E78

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E78	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.122 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbb9f',
    500: '#169e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e78;
$custom-light: #6fbb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.235,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62288,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E78

secondary

#C7496C

accent

#366AF2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E78

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

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