#166B5E#166B5E

#166B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.080 H 179.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B5E
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 94)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(171, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, -27.62, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 27.62, 179.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% -0.0797 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.08 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6079, 11.4932, 12.4049)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B5E #6B1623

analogous

#166B34 #166B5E #164D6B

triadic

#166B5E #5E166B #6B5E16

tetradic

#166B5E #34166B #6B1623 #4D6B16

square

#166B5E #34166B #6B1623 #4D6B16

split-complementary

#166B5E #6B164D #6B3416

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3831 #166B5E #209E8B #2BD1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#166B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#166B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B5E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B5E	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.080 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63968b',
    500: '#166b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b5e;
$custom-light: #63968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.824,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4762,
    "c": 0.07974,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B5E

secondary

#A13B4B

accent

#3F59E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B5E

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

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