#169FB4#169FB4

#169FB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.109 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169FB4
RGB	rgb(22, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -26.02, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 33.10, 218.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0926 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.109 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9636, 28.2594, 47.5209)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169FB4 #B42B16

analogous

#16B47A #169FB4 #1650B4

triadic

#169FB4 #B4169F #9FB416

tetradic

#169FB4 #7A16B4 #B42B16 #50B416

square

#169FB4 #7A16B4 #B42B16 #50B416

split-complementary

#169FB4 #B41650 #B47A16

monochromatic

#093F47 #0F6F7D #169FB4 #23CAE4 #5AD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#169FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#169FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169FB4

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169FB4	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.109 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbca',
    500: '#169fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169fb4;
$custom-light: #75bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.975,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64598,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169FB4

secondary

#CE6758

accent

#4D33F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #169FB4

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

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