#166D74#166D74

#166D74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.077 H 203.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D74
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 116)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(184, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, -21.64, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 24.27, 206.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49% -0.0711 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.077 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9505, 12.3677, 18.4351)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D74 #741D16

analogous

#16744C #166D74 #163E74

triadic

#166D74 #74166D #6D7416

tetradic

#166D74 #4C1674 #741D16 #3E7416

square

#166D74 #4C1674 #741D16 #3E7416

split-complementary

#166D74 #74163E #744C16

monochromatic

#05181A #0C3D41 #166D74 #209DA7 #2DCBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#166D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#166D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D74

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D74	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.077 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66979c',
    500: '#166d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d74;
$custom-light: #66979c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.468,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48995,
    "c": 0.07737,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D74

secondary

#AA443C

accent

#4A3DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D74

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

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