#166C86#166C86

#166C86 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.086 H 223.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C86
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 134)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, -14.77, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 25.89, 235.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.0622 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.086 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9947, 12.6157, 24.4579)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C86 #863016

analogous

#168668 #166C86 #163486

triadic

#166C86 #86166C #6C8616

tetradic

#166C86 #681686 #863016 #348616

square

#166C86 #681686 #863016 #348616

split-complementary

#166C86 #861634 #866816

monochromatic

#05171D #0D4251 #166C86 #1F96BB #38B8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#166C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#166C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C86

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C86	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.086 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996a9',
    500: '#166c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c86;
$custom-light: #6996a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4954,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C86

secondary

#BA5B3E

accent

#6339EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C86

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

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