#166C51#166C51

#166C51 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.090 H 166.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#166C51
RGBrgb(22, 108, 81)
HSLhsl(161, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(161, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.6%, 0%, 25%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(40.39, -31.73, 8.14)
CIE-LCHlch(40.39, 32.75, 165.60°)
OKLaboklab(47.5% -0.0876 0.0208)
OKLCHoklch(47.5% 0.09 166.6)
XYZxyz(7.1778, 11.4889, 9.6223)
Luminance0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#166C51 #6C1631
analogous
#166C26 #166C51 #165C6C
triadic
#166C51 #51166C #6C5116
tetradic
#166C51 #26166C #6C1631 #5C6C16
square
#166C51 #26166C #6C1631 #5C6C16
split-complementary
#166C51 #6C165C #6C2616
monochromatic
#051913 #0C392B #166C51 #209F77 #2BD29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37
#166C51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30
#166C51 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C51
6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##166C51#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##166C511.006.373.306.37
#FFFFFF6.371.0021.001.00
#0000003.3021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.371.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#696450
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F5C53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006C64
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #166c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.090 166.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639781',
    500: '#166c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #166c51;
$custom-light: #639781;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#166c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.163,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47499,
    "c": 0.09008,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#166C51
secondary
#A23C5C
accent
#3F74E9
background
#F6F9F7
surface
#EBF2EE
border
#C6CCC9
text
#060D0A
muted
#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

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#166C51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva