All About Color #169C8F

#169C8F

About #169C8F

#169C8F is a dark cyan color with the hex code #169C8F. In RGB it is red 22, green 156, blue 143; in HSL it is hue 174°, saturation 75%, lightness 35%; in CMYK it is 86%, 0%, 8%, 39%. Its contrast ratio is 3.39:1 on white and 6.19:1 on black.

#169C8F Color Conversion

Hex triplet16, 9C, 8F
CMYK85.90%, 0.00%, 8.33%, 38.82%
RGB Decimal22, 156, 143
HSL174°, 75%, 35%
RGB Octal26, 234, 217
HSV (HSB)174.18°, 85.90%, 61.18%
RGB Binary10110, 10011100, 10001111
CIE-L*AB57.97, -36.15, -2.73
RGB Percent8.63%, 61.18%, 56.08%
CIE-L*CH57.97, 36.26, 184.32
XYZ17.18, 25.93, 30.09
CIE-L*UV57.97, -44.78, 1.37
xyY0.23, 0.35, 25.93
Hunter-Lab50.92, -28.90, 0.62
RYB8.63%, 36.24%, 61.18%

Color Accessibility Scores

#169C8F on a dark background: contrast 6.19:1, passes WCAG AA.
#169C8F on a light background: contrast 3.39:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #169C8F, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#169C8F · #2DE1CF · #0B4C45 · #9C1624 · #E12D3F

Analogous palette

#249C16 · #169C4C · #169C8F · #16679C · #16249C

Triadic palette

#169C8F · #8F169C · #9C8F16 · #2DE1CF · #CF2DE1

Tetradic palette

#169C8F · #4C169C · #9C1624 · #679C16 · #0B4C45

Monochromatic palette

#031614 · #0D5952 · #169C8F · #20DFCC · #63E9DB

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