#169F99#169F99

#169F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F99
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -34.58, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 35.19, 190.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.1045 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.106 190)
XYZ	xyz(18.4760, 27.2644, 34.4196)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F99 #9F161C

analogous

#169F54 #169F99 #16619F

triadic

#169F99 #99169F #9F9916

tetradic

#169F99 #54169F #9F161C #619F16

square

#169F99 #54169F #9F161C #619F16

split-complementary

#169F99 #9F1661 #9F5416

monochromatic

#073332 #0F6965 #169F99 #1DD5CD #4AE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#169F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#169F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F99

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F99	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb7',
    500: '#169f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f99;
$custom-light: #72bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.372,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.27267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F99

secondary

#C74A4F

accent

#363EF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F99

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

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