#169F9F#169F9F

#169F9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169F9F
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 0%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -32.75, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 34.15, 196.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.1018 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.105 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9841, 27.4676, 37.0954)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169F9F #9F1616

analogous

#169F5A #169F9F #165A9F

triadic

#169F9F #9F169F #9F9F16

tetradic

#169F9F #5A169F #9F1616 #5A9F16

square

#169F9F #5A169F #9F1616 #5A9F16

split-complementary

#169F9F #9F165A #9F5A16

monochromatic

#073333 #0F6969 #169F9F #1DD5D5 #4AE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#169F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#169F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169F9F

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169F9F	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#94979F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8289A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbb',
    500: '#169f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169f9f;
$custom-light: #73bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63778,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169F9F

secondary

#C74A4A

accent

#3636F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #169F9F

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

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