#166E50#166E50

#166E50 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.094 H 164.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E50
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(160, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(160, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 27.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, -32.88, 9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 34.28, 163.60°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% -0.0903 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.094 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3539, 11.9007, 9.4974)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E50 #6E1634

analogous

#166E24 #166E50 #16606E

triadic

#166E50 #50166E #6E5016

tetradic

#166E50 #24166E #6E1634 #606E16

square

#166E50 #24166E #6E1634 #606E16

split-complementary

#166E50 #6E1660 #6E2416

monochromatic

#051A13 #0C3B2B #166E50 #20A175 #2AD49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#166E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#166E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E50

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E50	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.094 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639881',
    500: '#166e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e50;
$custom-light: #639881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48038,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E50

secondary

#A43C5F

accent

#3E79EA

background

#F6F9F7

surface

#EBF2EE

border

#C6CCC9

text

#060E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E50

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

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