#166C79#166C79

#166C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.078 H 210.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C79
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 121)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(188, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.65, -19.39, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.65, 24.06, 216.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% -0.0677 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.078 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1431, 12.2750, 19.9729)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C79 #792316

analogous

#167954 #166C79 #163A79

triadic

#166C79 #79166C #6C7916

tetradic

#166C79 #541679 #792316 #3A7916

square

#166C79 #541679 #792316 #3A7916

split-complementary

#166C79 #79163A #795416

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3E45 #166C79 #1F9AAD #30C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#166C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#166C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C79

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C79	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61687A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.078 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66969f',
    500: '#166c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c79;
$custom-light: #66969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4894,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C79

secondary

#AE4B3D

accent

#533CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C79

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

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