#169F96#169F96

#169F96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.107 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F96
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -35.47, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 35.82, 188.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.1059 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.107 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2313, 27.1665, 33.1310)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F96 #9F161F

analogous

#169F51 #169F96 #16649F

triadic

#169F96 #96169F #9F9616

tetradic

#169F96 #51169F #9F161F #649F16

square

#169F96 #51169F #9F161F #649F16

split-complementary

#169F96 #9F1664 #9F5116

monochromatic

#073331 #0F6963 #169F96 #1DD5C9 #4AE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#169F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#169F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F96

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F96	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)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.107 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb4',
    500: '#169f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f96;
$custom-light: #72bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.058,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63461,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F96

secondary

#C74A52

accent

#3642F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F96

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

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