#166A6E#166A6E

#166A6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.075 H 199.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A6E
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 110)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.58, -22.06, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.58, 23.90, 202.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% -0.0707 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.075 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2981, 11.6034, 16.5512)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A6E #6E1A16

analogous

#166E46 #166A6E #163E6E

triadic

#166A6E #6E166A #6A6E16

tetradic

#166A6E #46166E #6E1A16 #3E6E16

square

#166A6E #46166E #6E1A16 #3E6E16

split-complementary

#166A6E #6E163E #6E4616

monochromatic

#05191A #0C393B #166A6E #209BA1 #2ACCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#166A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#166A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A6E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A6E	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.075 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659597',
    500: '#166a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a6e;
$custom-light: #659597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47938,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A6E

secondary

#A4403C

accent

#463EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A6E

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

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