#166D85#166D85

#166D85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.085 H 221.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166D85
RGB	rgb(22, 109, 133)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(193, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, -15.69, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 25.61, 232.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% -0.0636 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.085 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0314, 12.8000, 24.1277)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166D85 #852E16

analogous

#168565 #166D85 #163585

triadic

#166D85 #85166D #6D8516

tetradic

#166D85 #651685 #852E16 #358516

square

#166D85 #651685 #852E16 #358516

split-complementary

#166D85 #851635 #856516

monochromatic

#05171C #0D4250 #166D85 #1F98BA #37BADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#166D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#166D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166D85

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166D85	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 109, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.085 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a8',
    500: '#166d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166d85;
$custom-light: #6997a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49753,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166D85

secondary

#B9583E

accent

#6139EE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #166D85

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

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