#169E84#169E84

#169E84 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.114 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E84
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 132)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 16.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -40.14, 4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 40.34, 174.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.1136 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.114 175)
XYZ	xyz(16.7204, 26.2881, 26.0182)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E84 #9E1630

analogous

#169E40 #169E84 #16749E

triadic

#169E84 #84169E #9E8416

tetradic

#169E84 #40169E #9E1630 #749E16

square

#169E84 #40169E #9E1630 #749E16

split-complementary

#169E84 #9E1674 #9E4016

monochromatic

#07332A #0F6857 #169E84 #1DD4B1 #49E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#169E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#169E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E84

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E84	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.114 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba7',
    500: '#169e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e84;
$custom-light: #70bba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.529,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62626,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.2629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E84

secondary

#C74961

accent

#365AF2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E84

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

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