#169E9D#169E9D

#169E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E9D
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -32.89, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 34.13, 195.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.1017 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.105 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.6407, 27.0562, 36.1317)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E9D #9E1617

analogous

#169E59 #169E9D #165B9E

triadic

#169E9D #9D169E #9E9D16

tetradic

#169E9D #59169E #9E1617 #5B9E16

square

#169E9D #59169E #9E1617 #5B9E16

split-complementary

#169E9D #9E165B #9E5916

monochromatic

#073332 #0F6868 #169E9D #1DD4D2 #49E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#169E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#169E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E9D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E9D	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb9',
    500: '#169e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e9d;
$custom-light: #72bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63449,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.27059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E9D

secondary

#C7494A

accent

#3637F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E9D

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

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