#169E80#169E80

#169E80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E80
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 128)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 19%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -41.21, 6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 41.66, 171.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.1156 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.117 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4519, 26.1807, 24.6042)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E80 #9E1634

analogous

#169E3C #169E80 #16789E

triadic

#169E80 #80169E #9E8016

tetradic

#169E80 #3C169E #9E1634 #789E16

square

#169E80 #3C169E #9E1634 #789E16

split-complementary

#169E80 #9E1678 #9E3C16

monochromatic

#073329 #0F6854 #169E80 #1DD4AC #49E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#169E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#169E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E80

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E80	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba4',
    500: '#169e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e80;
$custom-light: #70bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62509,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E80

secondary

#C74965

accent

#365FF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E80

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

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