#166C89#166C89

#166C89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.089 H 226.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166C89
RGB	rgb(22, 108, 137)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, -13.67, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 26.64, 239.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.061 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.089 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2069, 12.7006, 25.5756)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166C89 #893316

analogous

#16896C #166C89 #163389

triadic

#166C89 #89166C #6C8916

tetradic

#166C89 #6C1689 #893316 #338916

square

#166C89 #6C1689 #893316 #338916

split-complementary

#166C89 #891633 #896C16

monochromatic

#051920 #0E4254 #166C89 #1E96BE #3AB6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#166C89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#166C89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166C89

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166C89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166C89	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166c89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 108, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.089 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996ab',
    500: '#166c89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166c89;
$custom-light: #6996ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166c89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.13,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49688,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166C89

secondary

#BD5E3E

accent

#6739EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166C89

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

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