#169F9A#169F9A

#169F9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F9A
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -34.27, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 35.00, 191.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.1041 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.106 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5589, 27.2975, 34.8564)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F9A #9F161B

analogous

#169F55 #169F9A #165F9F

triadic

#169F9A #9A169F #9F9A16

tetradic

#169F9A #55169F #9F161B #5F9F16

square

#169F9A #55169F #9F161B #5F9F16

split-complementary

#169F9A #9F165F #9F5516

monochromatic

#073332 #0F6966 #169F9A #1DD5CE #4AE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#169F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#169F9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F9A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F9A	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb7',
    500: '#169f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f9a;
$custom-light: #72bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.81,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F9A

secondary

#C74A4E

accent

#363CF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F9A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →