#169E9F#169E9F

#169E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169E9F
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -32.27, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 33.83, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.1008 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.105 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8128, 27.1251, 37.0383)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169E9F #9F1716

analogous

#169F5B #169E9F #16599F

triadic

#169E9F #9F169E #9E9F16

tetradic

#169E9F #5B169F #9F1716 #599F16

square

#169E9F #5B169F #9F1716 #599F16

split-complementary

#169E9F #9F1659 #9F5B16

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6969 #169E9F #1DD3D5 #4AE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#169E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#169E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169E9F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169E9F	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbbb',
    500: '#169e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169e9f;
$custom-light: #73bbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.438,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63522,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169E9F

secondary

#C74A4A

accent

#3736F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169E9F

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

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