#166A42#166A42

#166A42 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.101 H 157.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A42
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(151, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(151, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 37.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, -34.50, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 37.90, 155.57°)
OKLab	oklab(46.54% -0.0933 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(46.54% 0.101 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4676, 10.8712, 6.9107)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A42 #6A163E

analogous

#166A18 #166A42 #16686A

triadic

#166A42 #42166A #6A4216

tetradic

#166A42 #18166A #6A163E #686A16

square

#166A42 #18166A #6A163E #686A16

split-complementary

#166A42 #6A1668 #6A1816

monochromatic

#051910 #0B3722 #166A42 #219D62 #2BCF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#166A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#166A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A42

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A42	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.101 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#629576',
    500: '#166a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a42;
$custom-light: #629576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46542,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A42

secondary

#A03B6B

accent

#3F90E9

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2ED

border

#C6CCC8

text

#060D08

muted

#7A7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A42

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

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