#166D6A#166D6A

#166D6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.077 H 191.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D6A
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 106)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(178, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, -24.91, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 25.50, 192.35°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% -0.0759 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.077 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3998, 12.1474, 15.5349)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D6A #6D1619

analogous

#166D3E #166D6A #16446D

triadic

#166D6A #6A166D #6D6A16

tetradic

#166D6A #3E166D #6D1619 #446D16

square

#166D6A #3E166D #6D1619 #446D16

split-complementary

#166D6A #6D1644 #6D3E16

monochromatic

#051919 #0C3A38 #166D6A #20A09C #2BD3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#166D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#166D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D6A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D6A	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66676A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.077 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659794',
    500: '#166d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d6a;
$custom-light: #659794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.486,
    "c": 0.07739,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D6A

secondary

#A33C3F

accent

#3E44E9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D6A

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

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