#166A6F#166A6F

#166A6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.075 H 201.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A6F
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 111)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.61, -21.73, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.61, 23.81, 204.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% -0.0702 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.075 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3529, 11.6253, 16.8395)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A6F #6F1B16

analogous

#166F47 #166A6F #163D6F

triadic

#166A6F #6F166A #6A6F16

tetradic

#166A6F #47166F #6F1B16 #3D6F16

square

#166A6F #47166F #6F1B16 #3D6F16

split-complementary

#166A6F #6F163D #6F4716

monochromatic

#05181A #0C393C #166A6F #209BA2 #2BCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#166A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#166A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A6F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A6F	1.00	6.32	3.33	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61656F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.075 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659598',
    500: '#166a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a6f;
$custom-light: #659598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.371,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47979,
    "c": 0.07526,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A6F

secondary

#A5423C

accent

#483EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A6F

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

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