#169E7E#169E7E

#169E7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E7E
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 126)
HSL	hsl(166, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 20.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -41.74, 7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 42.35, 170.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.1165 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.118 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3216, 26.1286, 23.9177)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E7E #9E1636

analogous

#169E3A #169E7E #167A9E

triadic

#169E7E #7E169E #9E7E16

tetradic

#169E7E #3A169E #9E1636 #7A9E16

square

#169E7E #3A169E #9E1636 #7A9E16

split-complementary

#169E7E #9E167A #9E3A16

monochromatic

#073328 #0F6853 #169E7E #1DD4A9 #49E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#169E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#169E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E7E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E7E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba3',
    500: '#169e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e7e;
$custom-light: #70bba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62453,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E7E

secondary

#C74967

accent

#3662F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E7E

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

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