#166B59#166B59

#166B59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.083 H 174.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B59
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(167, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, -29.07, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 29.24, 173.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% -0.0823 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.083 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3908, 11.4063, 11.2614)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B59 #6B1628

analogous

#166B2E #166B59 #16526B

triadic

#166B59 #59166B #6B5916

tetradic

#166B59 #2E166B #6B1628 #526B16

square

#166B59 #2E166B #6B1628 #526B16

split-complementary

#166B59 #6B1652 #6B2E16

monochromatic

#051915 #0C382F #166B59 #209E83 #2BD1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#166B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#166B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B59

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B59	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.083 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639687',
    500: '#166b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b59;
$custom-light: #639687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.294,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47457,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B59

secondary

#A13B51

accent

#3F63E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B59

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

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