#169F9E#169F9E

#169F9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F9E
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -33.06, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 34.30, 195.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.1022 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.105 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.8976, 27.4330, 36.6402)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F9E #9F1617

analogous

#169F59 #169F9E #165B9F

triadic

#169F9E #9E169F #9F9E16

tetradic

#169F9E #59169F #9F1617 #5B9F16

square

#169F9E #59169F #9F1617 #5B9F16

split-complementary

#169F9E #9F165B #9F5916

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6969 #169F9E #1DD5D3 #4AE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#169F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#169F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F9E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F9E	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcba',
    500: '#169f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f9e;
$custom-light: #73bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.562,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.27435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F9E

secondary

#C74A4A

accent

#3637F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F9E

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

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