#166D7C#166D7C

#166D7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.080 H 212.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D7C
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 124)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, -18.89, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 24.36, 219.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% -0.0674 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.08 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4360, 12.5619, 20.9922)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D7C #7C2516

analogous

#167C58 #166D7C #163A7C

triadic

#166D7C #7C166D #6D7C16

tetradic

#166D7C #58167C #7C2516 #3A7C16

square

#166D7C #58167C #7C2516 #3A7C16

split-complementary

#166D7C #7C163A #7C5816

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3F48 #166D7C #1F9BB0 #32C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#166D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#166D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D7C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D7C	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62697D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.080 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a2',
    500: '#166d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d7c;
$custom-light: #6797a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49338,
    "c": 0.07991,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D7C

secondary

#B14E3D

accent

#553BED

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D7C

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

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