#169E86#169E86

#169E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E86
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -39.59, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 39.70, 175.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.1126 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.113 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8586, 26.3434, 26.7459)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E86 #9E162E

analogous

#169E42 #169E86 #16729E

triadic

#169E86 #86169E #9E8616

tetradic

#169E86 #42169E #9E162E #729E16

square

#169E86 #42169E #9E162E #729E16

split-complementary

#169E86 #9E1672 #9E4216

monochromatic

#07332B #0F6858 #169E86 #1DD4B4 #49E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#169E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#169E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E86

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E86	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba9',
    500: '#169e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e86;
$custom-light: #70bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62686,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E86

secondary

#C7495F

accent

#3657F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E86

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

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