#166E5B#166E5B

#166E5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.085 H 174.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E5B
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 91)
HSL	hsl(167, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 17.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, -29.92, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 30.12, 173.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% -0.0846 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.085 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7942, 12.0768, 11.8158)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E5B #6E1629

analogous

#166E2F #166E5B #16556E

triadic

#166E5B #5B166E #6E5B16

tetradic

#166E5B #2F166E #6E1629 #556E16

square

#166E5B #2F166E #6E1629 #556E16

split-complementary

#166E5B #6E1655 #6E2F16

monochromatic

#051A15 #0C3B31 #166E5B #20A185 #2AD4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#166E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#166E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E5B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E5B	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A665A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.085 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649889',
    500: '#166e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e5b;
$custom-light: #649889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.045,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4836,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E5B

secondary

#A43C52

accent

#3E63EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E5B

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

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