#169E83#169E83

#169E83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E83
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 131)
HSL	hsl(168, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -40.41, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 40.66, 173.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.1141 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.115 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6523, 26.2608, 25.6595)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E83 #9E1631

analogous

#169E3F #169E83 #16759E

triadic

#169E83 #83169E #9E8316

tetradic

#169E83 #3F169E #9E1631 #759E16

square

#169E83 #3F169E #9E1631 #759E16

split-complementary

#169E83 #9E1675 #9E3F16

monochromatic

#07332A #0F6856 #169E83 #1DD4B0 #49E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#169E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#169E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E83

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E83	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)

#989382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba7',
    500: '#169e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e83;
$custom-light: #70bba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.088,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62596,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E83

secondary

#C74962

accent

#365BF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E83

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

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