#166B5A#166B5A

#166B5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.082 H 175.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B5A
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 90)
HSL	hsl(168, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(168, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 15.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, -28.79, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 28.90, 174.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% -0.0818 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.082 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4331, 11.4232, 11.4840)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B5A #6B1627

analogous

#166B2F #166B5A #16516B

triadic

#166B5A #5A166B #6B5A16

tetradic

#166B5A #2F166B #6B1627 #516B16

square

#166B5A #2F166B #6B1627 #516B16

split-complementary

#166B5A #6B1651 #6B2F16

monochromatic

#051915 #0C382F #166B5A #209E85 #2BD1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#166B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#166B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B5A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B5A	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.082 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639688',
    500: '#166b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b5a;
$custom-light: #639688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47489,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B5A

secondary

#A13B50

accent

#3F61E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B5A

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

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