#166A65#166A65

#166A65 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.076 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A65
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 101)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(176, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 4.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.27, -24.98, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.27, 25.32, 189.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% -0.0751 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.076 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8328, 11.4173, 14.1003)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A65 #6A161B

analogous

#166A3B #166A65 #16456A

triadic

#166A65 #65166A #6A6516

tetradic

#166A65 #3B166A #6A161B #456A16

square

#166A65 #3B166A #6A161B #456A16

split-complementary

#166A65 #6A1645 #6A3B16

monochromatic

#051918 #0B3735 #166A65 #219D95 #2BCFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#166A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#166A65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A65

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A65	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585B66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.076 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649590',
    500: '#166a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a65;
$custom-light: #649590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4759,
    "c": 0.07599,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A65

secondary

#A03B41

accent

#3F49E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF1F0

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A65

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

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