#166C60#166C60

#166C60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.080 H 181.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C60
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 96)
HSL	hsl(172, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(172, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, -27.51, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 27.51, 180.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% -0.0798 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.08 181)
XYZ	xyz(7.8037, 11.7393, 12.9187)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C60 #6C1622

analogous

#166C35 #166C60 #164D6C

triadic

#166C60 #60166C #6C6016

tetradic

#166C60 #35166C #6C1622 #4D6C16

square

#166C60 #35166C #6C1622 #4D6C16

split-complementary

#166C60 #6C164D #6C3516

monochromatic

#051917 #0C3933 #166C60 #209F8D #2BD2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#166C60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#166C60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C60

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C60	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5D61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.080 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64968d',
    500: '#166c60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c60;
$custom-light: #64968d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47966,
    "c": 0.07982,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.1174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C60

secondary

#A23C4A

accent

#3F56E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C60

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

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