#166A89#166A89

#166A89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.089 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A89
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 137)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, -12.52, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 26.95, 242.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% -0.059 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.089 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9984, 12.2835, 25.5061)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A89 #893516

analogous

#16896E #166A89 #163089

triadic

#166A89 #89166A #6A8916

tetradic

#166A89 #6E1689 #893516 #308916

square

#166A89 #6E1689 #893516 #308916

split-complementary

#166A89 #891630 #896E16

monochromatic

#051820 #0E4154 #166A89 #1E93BE #3AB3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#166A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#166A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A89

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A89	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A688B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.089 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6994ab',
    500: '#166a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a89;
$custom-light: #6994ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49171,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A89

secondary

#BD603E

accent

#6A39EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A89

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

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