#169E87#169E87

#169E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E87
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -39.32, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 39.39, 176.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1121 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.112 177)
XYZ	xyz(16.9286, 26.3714, 27.1149)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E87 #9E162D

analogous

#169E43 #169E87 #16719E

triadic

#169E87 #87169E #9E8716

tetradic

#169E87 #43169E #9E162D #719E16

square

#169E87 #43169E #9E162D #719E16

split-complementary

#169E87 #9E1671 #9E4316

monochromatic

#07332B #0F6859 #169E87 #1DD4B5 #49E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#169E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#169E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E87

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E87	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)

#979386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bba9',
    500: '#169e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e87;
$custom-light: #70bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.853,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62716,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.26374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E87

secondary

#C7495E

accent

#3656F2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E87

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

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