#166A56#166A56

#166A56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.084 H 172.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A56
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(166, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(166, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 18.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, -29.45, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 29.76, 171.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.08% -0.0828 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(47.08% 0.084 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1637, 11.1497, 10.5768)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A56 #6A162A

analogous

#166A2C #166A56 #16546A

triadic

#166A56 #56166A #6A5616

tetradic

#166A56 #2C166A #6A162A #546A16

square

#166A56 #2C166A #6A162A #546A16

split-complementary

#166A56 #6A1654 #6A2C16

monochromatic

#051915 #0B372D #166A56 #219D7F #2BCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#166A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#166A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A56

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A56	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.084 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#629585',
    500: '#166a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a56;
$custom-light: #629585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47081,
    "c": 0.08352,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A56

secondary

#A03B53

accent

#3F68E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A56

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

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