#166A5A#166A5A

#166A5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.081 H 176.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A5A
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 90)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 15.1%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.94, -28.31, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.94, 28.38, 175.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% -0.0807 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.081 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3294, 11.2159, 11.4495)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A5A #6A1626

analogous

#166A30 #166A5A #16506A

triadic

#166A5A #5A166A #6A5A16

tetradic

#166A5A #30166A #6A1626 #506A16

square

#166A5A #30166A #6A1626 #506A16

split-complementary

#166A5A #6A1650 #6A3016

monochromatic

#051916 #0B372F #166A5A #219D85 #2BCFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#166A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#166A5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A5A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A5A	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.081 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639588',
    500: '#166a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a5a;
$custom-light: #639588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47208,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A5A

secondary

#A03B4F

accent

#3F5FE9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A5A

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

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