#169EA0#169EA0

#169EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.105 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#169EA0
RGBrgb(22, 158, 160)
HSLhsl(181, 76%, 36%)
HSVhsv(181, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(86.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.12, -31.96, -10.67)
CIE-LCHlch(59.12, 33.70, 198.46°)
OKLaboklab(63.56% -0.1003 -0.0297)
OKLCHoklch(63.56% 0.105 196.5)
XYZxyz(18.8999, 27.1599, 37.4971)
Luminance0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#169EA0 #A01816
analogous
#16A05D #169EA0 #1659A0
triadic
#169EA0 #A0169E #9EA016
tetradic
#169EA0 #5D16A0 #A01816 #59A016
square
#169EA0 #5D16A0 #A01816 #59A016
split-complementary
#169EA0 #A01659 #A05D16
monochromatic
#073434 #0F696A #169EA0 #1DD3D6 #4AE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#169EA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43
#169EA0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169EA0
6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##169EA0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##169EA01.003.266.436.43
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4321.001.001.00
##0000006.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9296A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8089A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A49E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #169ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.105 196.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbbc',
    500: '#169ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #169ea0;
$custom-light: #73bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#169ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63559,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#169EA0
secondary
#C84C4A
accent
#3835F2
background
#F7FBFB
surface
#EEF6F6
border
#C9D0D0
text
#0A1212
muted
#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #169EA0

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#169EA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva