#166E5A#166E5A

#166E5A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.086 H 173.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E5A
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 90)
HSL	hsl(166, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 18.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, -30.20, 4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 30.47, 172.41°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% -0.0851 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.086 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7513, 12.0597, 11.5901)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E5A #6E162A

analogous

#166E2E #166E5A #16566E

triadic

#166E5A #5A166E #6E5A16

tetradic

#166E5A #2E166E #6E162A #566E16

square

#166E5A #2E166E #6E162A #566E16

split-complementary

#166E5A #6E1656 #6E2E16

monochromatic

#051A15 #0C3B30 #166E5A #20A184 #2AD4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#166E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#166E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E5A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E5A	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.086 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649888',
    500: '#166e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e5a;
$custom-light: #649888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48329,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E5A

secondary

#A43C53

accent

#3E65EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2EF

border

#C6CCCA

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E5A

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

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