#169E7F#169E7F

#169E7F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E7F
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 127)
HSL	hsl(166, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 19.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -41.47, 6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 42.00, 170.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.1161 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.117 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3864, 26.1545, 24.2592)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E7F #9E1635

analogous

#169E3B #169E7F #16799E

triadic

#169E7F #7F169E #9E7F16

tetradic

#169E7F #3B169E #9E1635 #799E16

square

#169E7F #3B169E #9E1635 #799E16

split-complementary

#169E7F #9E1679 #9E3B16

monochromatic

#073329 #0F6854 #169E7F #1DD4AA #49E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#169E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#169E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E7F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E7F	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)

#99937D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba4',
    500: '#169e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e7f;
$custom-light: #70bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62481,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E7F

secondary

#C74966

accent

#3661F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E7F

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

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