#166C73#166C73

#166C73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.077 H 203.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C73
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 115)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(185, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, -21.44, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 24.08, 207.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% -0.0705 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.077 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7866, 12.1324, 18.0950)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C73 #731D16

analogous

#16734C #166C73 #163E73

triadic

#166C73 #73166C #6C7316

tetradic

#166C73 #4C1673 #731D16 #3E7316

square

#166C73 #4C1673 #731D16 #3E7316

split-complementary

#166C73 #73163E #734C16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3C40 #166C73 #209CA6 #2DCAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#166C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#166C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C73

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C73	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.077 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66969b',
    500: '#166c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c73;
$custom-light: #66969b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48684,
    "c": 0.07676,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C73

secondary

#A9443C

accent

#4A3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C73

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

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