#166B6C#166B6C

#166B6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.076 H 196.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B6C
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 108)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, -23.24, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 24.45, 198.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% -0.0727 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.076 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2941, 11.7677, 16.0187)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B6C #6C1716

analogous

#166C42 #166B6C #16406C

triadic

#166B6C #6C166B #6B6C16

tetradic

#166B6C #42166C #6C1716 #406C16

square

#166B6C #42166C #6C1716 #406C16

split-complementary

#166B6C #6C1640 #6C4216

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3939 #166B6C #209D9F #2BD0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#166B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#166B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B6C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B6C	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63656C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.076 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659696',
    500: '#166b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b6c;
$custom-light: #659696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48131,
    "c": 0.07572,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B6C

secondary

#A23D3C

accent

#413FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B6C

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

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