#169E7C#169E7C

#169E7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E7C
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 124)
HSL	hsl(165, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 21.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -42.25, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 43.05, 168.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.1175 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.119 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1938, 26.0774, 23.2448)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E7C #9E1638

analogous

#169E38 #169E7C #167C9E

triadic

#169E7C #7C169E #9E7C16

tetradic

#169E7C #38169E #9E1638 #7C9E16

square

#169E7C #38169E #9E1638 #7C9E16

split-complementary

#169E7C #9E167C #9E3816

monochromatic

#073328 #0F6852 #169E7C #1DD4A6 #49E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#169E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#169E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E7C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E7C	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89877E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba1',
    500: '#169e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e7c;
$custom-light: #70bba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62397,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E7C

secondary

#C74968

accent

#3665F2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E7C

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

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