#169E81#169E81

#169E81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E81
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 129)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 18.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -40.95, 5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 41.33, 172.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.1151 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.116 173)
XYZ	xyz(16.5180, 26.2071, 24.9525)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E81 #9E1633

analogous

#169E3D #169E81 #16779E

triadic

#169E81 #81169E #9E8116

tetradic

#169E81 #3D169E #9E1633 #779E16

square

#169E81 #3D169E #9E1633 #779E16

split-complementary

#169E81 #9E1677 #9E3D16

monochromatic

#073329 #0F6855 #169E81 #1DD4AD #49E6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#169E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#169E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E81

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E81	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#989380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba5',
    500: '#169e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e81;
$custom-light: #70bba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.206,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62538,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.26209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E81

secondary

#C74964

accent

#365EF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E81

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

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