#166E55#166E55

#166E55 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.089 H 168.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E55
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(163, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 22.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, -31.57, 6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 32.31, 167.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% -0.0877 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.089 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5456, 11.9774, 10.5068)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E55 #6E162F

analogous

#166E29 #166E55 #165B6E

triadic

#166E55 #55166E #6E5516

tetradic

#166E55 #29166E #6E162F #5B6E16

square

#166E55 #29166E #6E162F #5B6E16

split-complementary

#166E55 #6E165B #6E2916

monochromatic

#051A14 #0C3B2E #166E55 #20A17C #2AD4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#166E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#166E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E55

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E55	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.089 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639884',
    500: '#166e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e55;
$custom-light: #639884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.955,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48178,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E55

secondary

#A43C59

accent

#3E6FEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E55

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

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