#166D6E#166D6E

#166D6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.077 H 196.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D6E
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 110)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, -23.62, -7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 24.84, 198.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% -0.0739 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.077 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6127, 12.2326, 16.6560)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D6E #6E1716

analogous

#166E43 #166D6E #16416E

triadic

#166D6E #6E166D #6D6E16

tetradic

#166D6E #43166E #6E1716 #416E16

square

#166D6E #43166E #6E1716 #416E16

split-complementary

#166D6E #6E1641 #6E4316

monochromatic

#05191A #0C3A3B #166D6E #20A0A1 #2AD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#166D6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#166D6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D6E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D6E	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65676E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.077 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659797',
    500: '#166d6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d6e;
$custom-light: #659797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.682,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48754,
    "c": 0.07694,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D6E

secondary

#A43D3C

accent

#403EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D6E

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

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