#166685#166685

#166685 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.088 H 229.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166685
RGB	rgb(22, 102, 133)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(197, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, -11.68, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 26.46, 243.81°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% -0.0565 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.088 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3141, 11.3656, 23.8886)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166685 #853516

analogous

#16856C #166685 #162E85

triadic

#166685 #851666 #668516

tetradic

#166685 #6C1685 #853516 #2E8516

square

#166685 #6C1685 #853516 #2E8516

split-complementary

#166685 #85162E #856C16

monochromatic

#05151C #0D3E50 #166685 #1F8EBA #37AFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#166685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#166685 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166685

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166685	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 102, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.088 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6891a8',
    500: '#166685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166685;
$custom-light: #6891a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.757,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47932,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166685

secondary

#B9603E

accent

#6C39EE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166685

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

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