#169E9E#169E9E

#169E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E9E
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -32.58, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 33.98, 196.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.1012 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.105 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7264, 27.0905, 36.5831)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E9E #9E1616

analogous

#169E5A #169E9E #165A9E

triadic

#169E9E #9E169E #9E9E16

tetradic

#169E9E #5A169E #9E1616 #5A9E16

square

#169E9E #5A169E #9E1616 #5A9E16

split-complementary

#169E9E #9E165A #9E5A16

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6868 #169E9E #1DD4D4 #49E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#169E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#169E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E9E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E9E	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbba',
    500: '#169e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e9e;
$custom-light: #72bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E9E

secondary

#C74949

accent

#3636F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E9E

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

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