#169F9D#169F9D

#169F9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F9D
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -33.36, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 34.46, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.1027 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.105 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8119, 27.3987, 36.1887)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F9D #9F1618

analogous

#169F58 #169F9D #165C9F

triadic

#169F9D #9D169F #9F9D16

tetradic

#169F9D #58169F #9F1618 #5C9F16

square

#169F9D #58169F #9F1618 #5C9F16

split-complementary

#169F9D #9F165C #9F5816

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6968 #169F9D #1DD5D2 #4AE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#169F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#169F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F9D

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F9D	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb9',
    500: '#169f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f9d;
$custom-light: #72bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63706,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F9D

secondary

#C74A4B

accent

#3638F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F9D

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

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