#166C6E#166C6E

#166C6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.076 H 197.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C6E
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 110)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, -23.11, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 24.51, 199.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% -0.0728 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.076 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5066, 12.0204, 16.6207)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C6E #6E1816

analogous

#166E44 #166C6E #16406E

triadic

#166C6E #6E166C #6C6E16

tetradic

#166C6E #44166E #6E1816 #406E16

square

#166C6E #44166E #6E1816 #406E16

split-complementary

#166C6E #6E1640 #6E4416

monochromatic

#05191A #0C3A3B #166C6E #209EA1 #2AD0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#166C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#166C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C6E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C6E	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64676E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.076 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659697',
    500: '#166c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c6e;
$custom-light: #659697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48482,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C6E

secondary

#A43E3C

accent

#423EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C6E

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

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