All About Color #169C8D

#169C8D

About #169C8D

#169C8D is a dark cyan color with the hex code #169C8D. In RGB it is red 22, green 156, blue 141; in HSL it is hue 173°, saturation 75%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 86%, 0%, 10%, 39%. Its contrast ratio is 3.40:1 on white and 6.17:1 on black.

#169C8D Color Conversion

Hex triplet16, 9C, 8D
CMYK85.90%, 0.00%, 9.62%, 38.82%
RGB Decimal22, 156, 141
HSL173°, 75%, 35%
RGB Octal26, 234, 215
HSV (HSB)173.28°, 85.90%, 61.18%
RGB Binary10110, 10011100, 10001101
CIE-L*AB57.91, -36.73, -1.68
RGB Percent8.63%, 61.18%, 55.29%
CIE-L*CH57.91, 36.77, 182.61
XYZ17.03, 25.87, 29.30
CIE-L*UV57.91, -44.93, 3.00
xyY0.24, 0.36, 25.87
Hunter-Lab50.86, -29.26, 1.46
RYB8.63%, 36.46%, 61.18%

Color Accessibility Scores

#169C8D on a dark background: contrast 6.17:1, passes WCAG AA.
#169C8D on a light background: contrast 3.40:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #169C8D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #169C8D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#169C8D · #2DE1CC · #0B4C44 · #9C1626 · #E12D42

Analogous palette

#269C16 · #169C4A · #169C8D · #16699C · #16269C

Triadic palette

#169C8D · #8D169C · #9C8D16 · #2DE1CC · #CC2DE1

Tetradic palette

#169C8D · #4A169C · #9C1626 · #699C16 · #0B4C44

Monochromatic palette

#031614 · #0D5950 · #169C8D · #20DFC9 · #63E9D9

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