#169E82#169E82

#169E82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E82
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 130)
HSL	hsl(168, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 17.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -40.68, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 40.99, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.1146 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.115 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5848, 26.2339, 25.3043)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E82 #9E1632

analogous

#169E3E #169E82 #16769E

triadic

#169E82 #82169E #9E8216

tetradic

#169E82 #3E169E #9E1632 #769E16

square

#169E82 #3E169E #9E1632 #769E16

split-complementary

#169E82 #9E1676 #9E3E16

monochromatic

#07332A #0F6856 #169E82 #1DD4AE #49E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#169E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#169E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E82

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E82	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba6',
    500: '#169e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e82;
$custom-light: #70bba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62567,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E82

secondary

#C74963

accent

#365CF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E82

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

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