#166A78#166A78

#166A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.078 H 211.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A78
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 120)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, -18.65, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 23.75, 218.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% -0.0661 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.078 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8736, 11.8336, 19.5821)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A78 #782416

analogous

#167855 #166A78 #163978

triadic

#166A78 #78166A #6A7816

tetradic

#166A78 #551678 #782416 #397816

square

#166A78 #551678 #782416 #397816

split-complementary

#166A78 #781639 #785516

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3C44 #166A78 #1F98AC #2FC1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#166A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#166A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A78

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A78	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.078 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959f',
    500: '#166a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a78;
$custom-light: #66959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48362,
    "c": 0.07775,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A78

secondary

#AD4D3C

accent

#553CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A78

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

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