#166A72#166A72

#166A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 204.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A72
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 114)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(185, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.72, -20.72, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.72, 23.65, 208.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% -0.0688 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.076 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5208, 11.6925, 17.7241)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A72 #721E16

analogous

#16724C #166A72 #163C72

triadic

#166A72 #72166A #6A7216

tetradic

#166A72 #4C1672 #721E16 #3C7216

square

#166A72 #4C1672 #721E16 #3C7216

split-complementary

#166A72 #72163C #724C16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3A3F #166A72 #209AA5 #2CC8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#166A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#166A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A72

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A72	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959a',
    500: '#166a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a72;
$custom-light: #65959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48103,
    "c": 0.07577,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A72

secondary

#A8453C

accent

#4C3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A72

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

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