#169E85#169E85

#169E85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E85
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 15.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -39.87, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 40.02, 175.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.1131 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.113 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7891, 26.3156, 26.3803)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E85 #9E162F

analogous

#169E41 #169E85 #16739E

triadic

#169E85 #85169E #9E8516

tetradic

#169E85 #41169E #9E162F #739E16

square

#169E85 #41169E #9E162F #739E16

split-complementary

#169E85 #9E1673 #9E4116

monochromatic

#07332B #0F6858 #169E85 #1DD4B2 #49E6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#169E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#169E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E85

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E85	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#989384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba8',
    500: '#169e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e85;
$custom-light: #70bba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.971,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62656,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E85

secondary

#C74960

accent

#3658F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E85

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

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