#169FB3#169FB3

#169FB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.108 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169FB3
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 179)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -26.35, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 33.05, 217.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.093 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.108 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8621, 28.2188, 46.9863)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169FB3 #B32A16

analogous

#16B378 #169FB3 #1651B3

triadic

#169FB3 #B3169F #9FB316

tetradic

#169FB3 #7816B3 #B32A16 #51B316

square

#169FB3 #7816B3 #B32A16 #51B316

split-complementary

#169FB3 #B31651 #B37816

monochromatic

#093E46 #0F6F7C #169FB3 #22CBE4 #59D8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#169FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#169FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169FB3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169FB3	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.108 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbc9',
    500: '#169fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169fb3;
$custom-light: #75bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.643,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64557,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169FB3

secondary

#CE6657

accent

#4C33F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #169FB3

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

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