#166E57#166E57

#166E57 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.088 H 170.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E57
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(164, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(164, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 20.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, -31.03, 5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 31.55, 169.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.24% -0.0867 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(48.24% 0.088 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6262, 12.0096, 10.9311)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E57 #6E162D

analogous

#166E2B #166E57 #16596E

triadic

#166E57 #57166E #6E5716

tetradic

#166E57 #2B166E #6E162D #596E16

square

#166E57 #2B166E #6E162D #596E16

split-complementary

#166E57 #6E1659 #6E2B16

monochromatic

#051A14 #0C3B2F #166E57 #20A17F #2AD4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#166E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#166E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E57

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E57	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.088 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639886',
    500: '#166e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e57;
$custom-light: #639886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48237,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E57

secondary

#A43C57

accent

#3E6BEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E57

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

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