#169F9C#169F9C

#169F9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.106 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F9C
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -33.67, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 34.63, 193.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.1031 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.106 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7269, 27.3647, 35.7410)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F9C #9F1619

analogous

#169F57 #169F9C #165D9F

triadic

#169F9C #9C169F #9F9C16

tetradic

#169F9C #57169F #9F1619 #5D9F16

square

#169F9C #57169F #9F1619 #5D9F16

split-complementary

#169F9C #9F165D #9F5716

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6967 #169F9C #1DD5D1 #4AE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#169F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#169F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F9C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F9C	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.106 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb9',
    500: '#169f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f9c;
$custom-light: #72bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6367,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F9C

secondary

#C74A4C

accent

#363AF2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F9C

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

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