#166859#166859

#166859 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.079 H 177.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166859
RGB	rgb(22, 104, 89)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, -27.64, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 27.68, 176.64°)
OKLab	oklab(46.62% -0.079 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(46.62% 0.079 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0835, 10.7916, 11.1589)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166859 #681625

analogous

#166830 #166859 #164E68

triadic

#166859 #591668 #685916

tetradic

#166859 #301668 #681625 #4E6816

square

#166859 #301668 #681625 #4E6816

split-complementary

#166859 #68164E #683016

monochromatic

#051916 #0B352E #166859 #219B84 #2BCDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#166859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#166859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166859

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166859	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59595A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 104, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.079 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#629487',
    500: '#166859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166859;
$custom-light: #629487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.024,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46615,
    "c": 0.07912,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166859

secondary

#9F3B4D

accent

#405FE8

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166859

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

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