#166A6A#166A6A

#166A6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.075 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A6A
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 106)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, -23.38, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 24.39, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% -0.0726 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.075 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0852, 11.5183, 15.4300)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A6A #6A1616

analogous

#166A40 #166A6A #16406A

triadic

#166A6A #6A166A #6A6A16

tetradic

#166A6A #40166A #6A1616 #406A16

square

#166A6A #40166A #6A1616 #406A16

split-complementary

#166A6A #6A1640 #6A4016

monochromatic

#051919 #0B3737 #166A6A #219D9D #2BCFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#166A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#166A6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A6A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A6A	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)

#62646A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.075 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649594',
    500: '#166a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a6a;
$custom-light: #649594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4778,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A6A

secondary

#A03B3B

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A6A

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

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