#166E53#166E53

#166E53 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.091 H 167.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E53
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 83)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(162, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 24.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, -32.10, 7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 33.08, 166.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% -0.0888 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.091 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4673, 11.9461, 10.0942)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E53 #6E1631

analogous

#166E27 #166E53 #165D6E

triadic

#166E53 #53166E #6E5316

tetradic

#166E53 #27166E #6E1631 #5D6E16

square

#166E53 #27166E #6E1631 #5D6E16

split-complementary

#166E53 #6E165D #6E2716

monochromatic

#051A13 #0C3B2D #166E53 #20A179 #2AD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#166E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#166E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E53

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E53	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.091 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639883',
    500: '#166e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e53;
$custom-light: #639883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.591,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48121,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E53

secondary

#A43C5C

accent

#3E73EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0A

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E53

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

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