#169E7A#169E7A

#169E7A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E7A
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 122)
HSL	hsl(164, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 22.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -42.77, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 43.77, 167.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.1185 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.121 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0686, 26.0274, 22.5855)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E7A #9E163A

analogous

#169E36 #169E7A #167E9E

triadic

#169E7A #7A169E #9E7A16

tetradic

#169E7A #36169E #9E163A #7E9E16

square

#169E7A #36169E #9E163A #7E9E16

split-complementary

#169E7A #9E167E #9E3616

monochromatic

#073327 #0F6851 #169E7A #1DD4A3 #49E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#169E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#169E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E7A

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E7A	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fbba0',
    500: '#169e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e7a;
$custom-light: #6fbba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62342,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E7A

secondary

#C7496A

accent

#3668F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E7A

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

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