#166D5E#166D5E

#166D5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.082 H 177.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D5E
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 94)
HSL	hsl(170, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 0%, 13.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, -28.58, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 28.61, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% -0.0819 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.082 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8189, 11.9151, 12.4753)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D5E #6D1625

analogous

#166D32 #166D5E #16506D

triadic

#166D5E #5E166D #6D5E16

tetradic

#166D5E #32166D #6D1625 #506D16

square

#166D5E #32166D #6D1625 #506D16

split-complementary

#166D5E #6D1650 #6D3216

monochromatic

#051916 #0C3A32 #166D5E #20A08A #2BD3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#166D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#166D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D5E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D5E	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.082 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64978b',
    500: '#166d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d5e;
$custom-light: #64978b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48177,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D5E

secondary

#A33C4D

accent

#3E5CE9

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D5E

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

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