#166C6A#166C6A

#166C6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.077 H 192.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#166C6A
RGBrgb(22, 108, 106)
HSLhsl(179, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(179, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(41.11, -24.41, -5.96)
CIE-LCHlch(41.11, 25.12, 193.72°)
OKLaboklab(48.33% -0.0748 -0.0166)
OKLCHoklch(48.33% 0.077 192.5)
XYZxyz(8.2937, 11.9353, 15.4995)
Luminance0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#166C6A #6C1618
analogous
#166C3F #166C6A #16436C
triadic
#166C6A #6A166C #6C6A16
tetradic
#166C6A #3F166C #6C1618 #436C16
square
#166C6A #3F166C #6C1618 #436C16
split-complementary
#166C6A #6C1643 #6C3F16
monochromatic
#051919 #0C3938 #166C6A #209F9C #2BD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20
#166C6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39
#166C6A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C6A
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##166C6A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##166C6A1.006.203.396.20
#FFFFFF6.201.0021.001.00
#0000003.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#65666A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#595D6B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006F6B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #166c6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.077 192.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659694',
    500: '#166c6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #166c6a;
$custom-light: #659694;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#166c6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48327,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#166C6A
secondary
#A23C3E
accent
#3F43E9
background
#F6F9F9
surface
#EBF2F1
border
#C6CCCB
text
#060D0D
muted
#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

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#166C6A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva