#166E58#166E58

#166E58 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.087 H 171.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E58
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 88)
HSL	hsl(165, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(165, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 20%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, -30.76, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 31.19, 170.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% -0.0861 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.087 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6673, 12.0261, 11.1478)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E58 #6E162C

analogous

#166E2C #166E58 #16586E

triadic

#166E58 #58166E #6E5816

tetradic

#166E58 #2C166E #6E162C #586E16

square

#166E58 #2C166E #6E162C #586E16

split-complementary

#166E58 #6E1658 #6E2C16

monochromatic

#051A14 #0C3B2F #166E58 #20A181 #2AD4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#166E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#166E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E58

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E58	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.087 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#639887',
    500: '#166e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e58;
$custom-light: #639887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48267,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E58

secondary

#A43C56

accent

#3E69EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E58

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

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