#166A5E#166A5E

#166A5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.079 H 180.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A5E
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 94)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(171, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, -27.13, -0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 27.13, 180.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% -0.0786 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.079 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5043, 11.2859, 12.3704)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A5E #6A1622

analogous

#166A34 #166A5E #164C6A

triadic

#166A5E #5E166A #6A5E16

tetradic

#166A5E #34166A #6A1622 #4C6A16

square

#166A5E #34166A #6A1622 #4C6A16

split-complementary

#166A5E #6A164C #6A3416

monochromatic

#051916 #0B3731 #166A5E #219D8B #2BCFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#166A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#166A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A5E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A5E	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65635E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.079 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63958b',
    500: '#166a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a5e;
$custom-light: #63958b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47342,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A5E

secondary

#A03B4A

accent

#3F57E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A5E

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

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