#166A55#166A55

#166A55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.084 H 171.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A55
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(165, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(165, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 19.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, -29.73, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 30.13, 170.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% -0.0833 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.084 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1237, 11.1337, 10.3661)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A55 #6A162B

analogous

#166A2B #166A55 #16556A

triadic

#166A55 #55166A #6A5516

tetradic

#166A55 #2B166A #6A162B #556A16

square

#166A55 #2B166A #6A162B #556A16

split-complementary

#166A55 #6A1655 #6A2B16

monochromatic

#051914 #0B372C #166A55 #219D7E #2BCFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#166A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#166A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A55

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A55	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.084 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#629584',
    500: '#166a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a55;
$custom-light: #629584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47051,
    "c": 0.08425,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A55

secondary

#A03B55

accent

#3F6AE9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A55

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

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