#166A73#166A73

#166A73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 205.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A73
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 115)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, -20.38, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 23.63, 210.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% -0.0683 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.076 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5781, 11.7154, 18.0255)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A73 #731F16

analogous

#16734E #166A73 #163C73

triadic

#166A73 #73166A #6A7316

tetradic

#166A73 #4E1673 #731F16 #3C7316

square

#166A73 #4E1673 #731F16 #3C7316

split-complementary

#166A73 #73163C #734E16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3B40 #166A73 #2099A6 #2DC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#166A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#166A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A73

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A73	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959b',
    500: '#166a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a73;
$custom-light: #65959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48145,
    "c": 0.07601,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A73

secondary

#A9473C

accent

#4E3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A73

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

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