#166B68#166B68

#166B68 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.076 H 191.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B68
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 104)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, -24.53, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 25.11, 192.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% -0.0747 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.076 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0861, 11.6844, 14.9232)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B68 #6B1619

analogous

#166B3D #166B68 #16446B

triadic

#166B68 #68166B #6B6816

tetradic

#166B68 #3D166B #6B1619 #446B16

square

#166B68 #3D166B #6B1619 #446B16

split-complementary

#166B68 #6B1644 #6B3D16

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3837 #166B68 #209E99 #2BD1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#166B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#166B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B68

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B68	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.076 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649693',
    500: '#166b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b68;
$custom-light: #649693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.882,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47977,
    "c": 0.07617,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B68

secondary

#A13B3F

accent

#3F45E9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B68

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

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