#166A69#166A69

#166A69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.075 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A69
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 105)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, -23.70, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 24.55, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% -0.0731 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.075 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0335, 11.4976, 15.1577)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A69 #6A1617

analogous

#166A3F #166A69 #16416A

triadic

#166A69 #69166A #6A6916

tetradic

#166A69 #3F166A #6A1617 #416A16

square

#166A69 #3F166A #6A1617 #416A16

split-complementary

#166A69 #6A1641 #6A3F16

monochromatic

#051919 #0B3737 #166A69 #219D9B #2BCFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#166A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#166A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A69

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A69	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.075 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649593',
    500: '#166a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a69;
$custom-light: #649593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47741,
    "c": 0.07525,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A69

secondary

#A03B3D

accent

#3F41E9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A69

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

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