#166C7E#166C7E

#166C7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.081 H 215.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C7E
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 126)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.85, -17.64, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.85, 24.47, 223.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% -0.0655 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.081 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4577, 12.4009, 21.6298)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C7E #7E2816

analogous

#167E5C #166C7E #16387E

triadic

#166C7E #7E166C #6C7E16

tetradic

#166C7E #5C167E #7E2816 #387E16

square

#166C7E #5C167E #7E2816 #387E16

split-complementary

#166C7E #7E1638 #7E5C16

monochromatic

#05161A #0D3F4A #166C7E #1F99B2 #33BEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#166C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#166C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C7E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C7E	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.081 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6796a3',
    500: '#166c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c7e;
$custom-light: #6796a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49163,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C7E

secondary

#B3513D

accent

#5A3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF2F3

border

#C6CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C7E

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

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