#166B74#166B74

#166B74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.077 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B74
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 116)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, -20.57, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 23.82, 210.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% -0.0689 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.077 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7396, 11.9458, 18.3648)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B74 #741F16

analogous

#16744E #166B74 #163C74

triadic

#166B74 #74166B #6B7416

tetradic

#166B74 #4E1674 #741F16 #3C7416

square

#166B74 #4E1674 #741F16 #3C7416

split-complementary

#166B74 #74163C #744E16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3C41 #166B74 #209AA7 #2DC7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#166B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#166B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B74

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B74	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.077 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959c',
    500: '#166b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b74;
$custom-light: #66959c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48457,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B74

secondary

#AA473C

accent

#4D3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B74

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

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