#166990#166990

#166990 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.097 H 235.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166990
RGB	rgb(22, 105, 144)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(199, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, -9.31, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 29.57, 251.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.28% -0.0554 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(49.28% 0.097 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4145, 12.2860, 28.2027)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166990 #903D16

analogous

#16907A #166990 #162C90

triadic

#166990 #901669 #699016

tetradic

#166990 #7A1690 #903D16 #2C9016

square

#166990 #7A1690 #903D16 #2C9016

split-complementary

#166990 #90162C #907A16

monochromatic

#061C26 #0E425B #166990 #1E90C5 #3FAEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#166990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#166990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166990

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166990	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 105, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.097 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a93b0',
    500: '#166990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166990;
$custom-light: #6a93b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49281,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166990

secondary

#C26A40

accent

#7338F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F5

border

#C7CBCF

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166990

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

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