#169F97#169F97

#169F97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.107 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F97
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -35.17, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 35.60, 188.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.1055 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.107 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3122, 27.1988, 33.5569)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F97 #9F161E

analogous

#169F52 #169F97 #16639F

triadic

#169F97 #97169F #9F9716

tetradic

#169F97 #52169F #9F161E #639F16

square

#169F97 #52169F #9F161E #639F16

split-complementary

#169F97 #9F1663 #9F5216

monochromatic

#073331 #0F6964 #169F97 #1DD5CA #4AE6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#169F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#169F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F97

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F97	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.107 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb5',
    500: '#169f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f97;
$custom-light: #72bcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.496,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63495,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F97

secondary

#C74A51

accent

#3641F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F97

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

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