#166B70#166B70

#166B70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.076 H 201.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B70
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 112)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, -21.92, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 24.01, 204.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% -0.0708 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.076 201)
XYZ	xyz(8.5119, 11.8548, 17.1657)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B70 #701B16

analogous

#167048 #166B70 #163E70

triadic

#166B70 #70166B #6B7016

tetradic

#166B70 #481670 #701B16 #3E7016

square

#166B70 #481670 #701B16 #3E7016

split-complementary

#166B70 #70163E #704816

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3A3D #166B70 #209CA3 #2BCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#166B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#166B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B70

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B70	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.076 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659599',
    500: '#166b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b70;
$custom-light: #659599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48291,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.11856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B70

secondary

#A6423C

accent

#473EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B70

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

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