#166E56#166E56

#166E56 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.089 H 169.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E56
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(164, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 21.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, -31.30, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 31.93, 168.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% -0.0872 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.089 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5856, 11.9934, 10.7175)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E56 #6E162E

analogous

#166E2A #166E56 #165A6E

triadic

#166E56 #56166E #6E5616

tetradic

#166E56 #2A166E #6E162E #5A6E16

square

#166E56 #2A166E #6E162E #5A6E16

split-complementary

#166E56 #6E165A #6E2A16

monochromatic

#051A14 #0C3B2E #166E56 #20A17E #2AD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#166E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#166E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E56

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E56	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)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.089 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639885',
    500: '#166e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e56;
$custom-light: #639885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48208,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E56

secondary

#A43C58

accent

#3E6DEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E56

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

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