#166B6A#166B6A

#166B6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B6A
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 106)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, -23.89, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 24.75, 195.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% -0.0737 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.076 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1889, 11.7256, 15.4645)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B6A #6B1617

analogous

#166B3F #166B6A #16416B

triadic

#166B6A #6A166B #6B6A16

tetradic

#166B6A #3F166B #6B1617 #416B16

square

#166B6A #3F166B #6B1617 #416B16

split-complementary

#166B6A #6B1641 #6B3F16

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3838 #166B6A #209E9C #2BD1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#166B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#166B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B6A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B6A	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64656A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649694',
    500: '#166b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b6a;
$custom-light: #649694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48053,
    "c": 0.07586,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B6A

secondary

#A13B3D

accent

#3F41E9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B6A

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

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