Exploring the Color #169AC6

#169AC6 sits at 195° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 80% saturation and 43% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 22, 154, 198 produces a 6.47:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #169AC6 is a clear variant of CSS steel blue — about 57 units away from #4682B4. Designers reach for azure hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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