#166A74#166A74

#166A74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.076 H 207.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A74
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 116)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 8.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, -20.04, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 23.62, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% -0.0679 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.076 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6359, 11.7385, 18.3302)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A74 #742016

analogous

#16744F #166A74 #163B74

triadic

#166A74 #74166A #6A7416

tetradic

#166A74 #4F1674 #742016 #3B7416

square

#166A74 #4F1674 #742016 #3B7416

split-complementary

#166A74 #74163B #744F16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3B41 #166A74 #2099A7 #2DC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#166A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#166A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A74

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A74	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.076 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959c',
    500: '#166a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a74;
$custom-light: #66959c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.383,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48188,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A74

secondary

#AA483C

accent

#4F3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A74

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

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