#166A7F#166A7F

#166A7F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.082 H 219.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A7F
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 127)
HSL	hsl(192, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(192, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, -16.17, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 24.58, 228.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% -0.063 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.082 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3141, 12.0098, 21.9018)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A7F #7F2B16

analogous

#167F60 #166A7F #16367F

triadic

#166A7F #7F166A #6A7F16

tetradic

#166A7F #60167F #7F2B16 #367F16

square

#166A7F #60167F #7F2B16 #367F16

split-complementary

#166A7F #7F1636 #7F6016

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3E4B #166A7F #1F96B3 #34BADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#166A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#166A7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A7F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A7F	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.082 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6794a4',
    500: '#166a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a7f;
$custom-light: #6794a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48682,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A7F

secondary

#B4553D

accent

#5E3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A7F

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

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