#166E42#166E42

#166E42 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.107 H 155.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E42
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(150, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(150, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 40%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, -36.18, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 40.21, 154.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% -0.0976 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.107 155.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8895, 11.7150, 7.0513)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E42 #6E1642

analogous

#166E16 #166E42 #166E6E

triadic

#166E42 #42166E #6E4216

tetradic

#166E42 #16166E #6E1642 #6E6E16

square

#166E42 #16166E #6E1642 #6E6E16

split-complementary

#166E42 #6E166E #6E1616

monochromatic

#051A0F #0C3B23 #166E42 #20A161 #2AD47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#166E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#166E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E42

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E42	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D653F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.107 155.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639876',
    500: '#166e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e42;
$custom-light: #639876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47694,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 155.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E42

secondary

#A43C70

accent

#3E94EA

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2ED

border

#C6CCC8

text

#060E08

muted

#7A7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E42

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

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