#166D55#166D55

#166D55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.088 H 169.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D55
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 85)
HSL	hsl(163, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(163, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 0%, 22%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, -31.12, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 31.76, 168.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% -0.0866 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.088 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4383, 11.7628, 10.4710)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D55 #6D162E

analogous

#166D29 #166D55 #16596D

triadic

#166D55 #55166D #6D5516

tetradic

#166D55 #29166D #6D162E #596D16

square

#166D55 #29166D #6D162E #596D16

split-complementary

#166D55 #6D1659 #6D2916

monochromatic

#051914 #0C3A2D #166D55 #20A07D #2BD3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#166D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#166D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D55

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D55	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.088 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639784',
    500: '#166d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d55;
$custom-light: #639784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.448,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47897,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D55

secondary

#A33C58

accent

#3E6EE9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D55

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →