#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
RGB	rgb(22, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -31.96, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 33.70, 198.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.1003 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.105 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8999, 27.1599, 37.4971)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##169EA0	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#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

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

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