#166C72#166C72

#166C72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.077 H 202.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C72
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 114)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(184, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, -21.78, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 24.13, 205.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% -0.0709 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.077 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7293, 12.1095, 17.7936)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C72 #721C16

analogous

#16724A #166C72 #163E72

triadic

#166C72 #72166C #6C7216

tetradic

#166C72 #4A1672 #721C16 #3E7216

square

#166C72 #4A1672 #721C16 #3E7216

split-complementary

#166C72 #72163E #724A16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3B3F #166C72 #209DA5 #2CCBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#166C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#166C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C72

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C72	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.077 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66969a',
    500: '#166c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c72;
$custom-light: #66969a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48643,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C72

secondary

#A8433C

accent

#493DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C72

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

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