#166B89#166B89

#166B89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.089 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166B89
RGB	rgb(22, 107, 137)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -13.10, -23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 26.79, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.43% -0.06 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(49.43% 0.089 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1021, 12.4908, 25.5406)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166B89 #893416

analogous

#16896D #166B89 #163189

triadic

#166B89 #89166B #6B8916

tetradic

#166B89 #6D1689 #893416 #318916

square

#166B89 #6D1689 #893416 #318916

split-complementary

#166B89 #891631 #896D16

monochromatic

#051920 #0E4254 #166B89 #1E94BE #3AB4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#166B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#166B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166B89

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166B89	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 107, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.089 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995ab',
    500: '#166b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166b89;
$custom-light: #6995ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49429,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166B89

secondary

#BD5F3E

accent

#6839EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166B89

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

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