#166C59#166C59

#166C59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.084 H 173.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C59
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 17.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.60, -29.54, 3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.60, 29.76, 173.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% -0.0834 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.084 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4957, 11.6161, 11.2963)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C59 #6C1629

analogous

#166C2E #166C59 #16546C

triadic

#166C59 #59166C #6C5916

tetradic

#166C59 #2E166C #6C1629 #546C16

square

#166C59 #2E166C #6C1629 #546C16

split-complementary

#166C59 #6C1654 #6C2E16

monochromatic

#051915 #0C392F #166C59 #209F83 #2BD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#166C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#166C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C59

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C59	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.084 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639787',
    500: '#166c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c59;
$custom-light: #639787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.744,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47737,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C59

secondary

#A23C52

accent

#3F64E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C59

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

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