#166B69#166B69

#166B69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.076 H 192.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B69
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 105)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, -24.21, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 24.92, 193.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% -0.0742 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.076 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1372, 11.7049, 15.1923)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B69 #6B1618

analogous

#166B3E #166B69 #16436B

triadic

#166B69 #69166B #6B6916

tetradic

#166B69 #3E166B #6B1618 #436B16

square

#166B69 #3E166B #6B1618 #436B16

split-complementary

#166B69 #6B1643 #6B3E16

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3837 #166B69 #209E9B #2BD1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#166B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#166B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B69

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B69	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)

#646569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.076 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649693',
    500: '#166b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b69;
$custom-light: #649693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.588,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48015,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B69

secondary

#A13B3E

accent

#3F43E9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B69

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

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