#169E99#169E99

#169E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E99
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -34.11, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 34.83, 191.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1035 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.105 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3047, 26.9218, 34.3625)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E99 #9E161B

analogous

#169E55 #169E99 #165F9E

triadic

#169E99 #99169E #9E9916

tetradic

#169E99 #55169E #9E161B #5F9E16

square

#169E99 #55169E #9E161B #5F9E16

split-complementary

#169E99 #9E165F #9E5516

monochromatic

#073331 #0F6865 #169E99 #1DD4CD #49E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#169E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#169E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E99

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E99	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb7',
    500: '#169e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e99;
$custom-light: #72bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63307,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E99

secondary

#C7494E

accent

#363DF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E99

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

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