#169FA0#169FA0

#169FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169FA0
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -32.44, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 34.00, 197.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.1013 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.105 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0712, 27.5024, 37.5542)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169FA0 #A01716

analogous

#16A05C #169FA0 #165AA0

triadic

#169FA0 #A0169F #9FA016

tetradic

#169FA0 #5C16A0 #A01716 #5AA016

square

#169FA0 #5C16A0 #A01716 #5AA016

split-complementary

#169FA0 #A0165A #A05C16

monochromatic

#073434 #0F6A6A #169FA0 #1DD4D6 #4AE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#169FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#169FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169FA0

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169FA0	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcbc',
    500: '#169fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169fa0;
$custom-light: #73bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63815,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169FA0

secondary

#C84B4A

accent

#3735F2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #169FA0

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

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