#169F9B#169F9B

#169F9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F9B
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -33.97, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 34.81, 192.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.1036 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.106 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6426, 27.3310, 35.2968)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F9B #9F161A

analogous

#169F56 #169F9B #165E9F

triadic

#169F9B #9B169F #9F9B16

tetradic

#169F9B #56169F #9F161A #5E9F16

square

#169F9B #56169F #9F161A #5E9F16

split-complementary

#169F9B #9F165E #9F5616

monochromatic

#073332 #0F6967 #169F9B #1DD5CF #4AE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#169F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#169F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F9B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F9B	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb8',
    500: '#169f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f9b;
$custom-light: #72bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63635,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F9B

secondary

#C74A4D

accent

#363BF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F9B

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

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