#166B72#166B72

#166B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.076 H 203.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B72
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 114)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(185, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, -21.25, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 23.88, 207.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% -0.0699 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.076 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6245, 11.8998, 17.7587)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B72 #721D16

analogous

#16724B #166B72 #163D72

triadic

#166B72 #72166B #6B7216

tetradic

#166B72 #4B1672 #721D16 #3D7216

square

#166B72 #4B1672 #721D16 #3D7216

split-complementary

#166B72 #72163D #724B16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3B3F #166B72 #209BA5 #2CC9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#166B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#166B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B72

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B72	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.076 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65959a',
    500: '#166b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b72;
$custom-light: #65959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.565,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48373,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B72

secondary

#A8443C

accent

#4A3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B72

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

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