#166D59#166D59

#166D59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.085 H 173.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D59
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(166, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 0%, 18.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, -30.01, 4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 30.29, 172.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% -0.0845 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.085 173)
XYZ	xyz(7.6017, 11.8282, 11.3317)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D59 #6D162A

analogous

#166D2D #166D59 #16556D

triadic

#166D59 #59166D #6D5916

tetradic

#166D59 #2D166D #6D162A #556D16

square

#166D59 #2D166D #6D162A #556D16

split-complementary

#166D59 #6D1655 #6D2D16

monochromatic

#051915 #0C3A2F #166D59 #20A083 #2BD3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#166D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#166D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D59

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D59	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.085 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639787',
    500: '#166d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d59;
$custom-light: #639787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.207,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48018,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.11829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D59

secondary

#A33C53

accent

#3E66E9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D59

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

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