#166D72#166D72

#166D72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.077 H 200.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D72
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 114)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, -22.31, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 24.40, 203.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% -0.072 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.077 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8354, 12.3217, 17.8290)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D72 #721B16

analogous

#167249 #166D72 #163F72

triadic

#166D72 #72166D #6D7216

tetradic

#166D72 #491672 #721B16 #3F7216

square

#166D72 #491672 #721B16 #3F7216

split-complementary

#166D72 #72163F #724916

monochromatic

#05191A #0C3C3F #166D72 #209EA5 #2CCDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#166D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#166D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D72

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D72	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.077 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66979a',
    500: '#166d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d72;
$custom-light: #66979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.261,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48913,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D72

secondary

#A8423C

accent

#473DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D72

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

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