#166E5E#166E5E

#166E5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.083 H 177.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E5E
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 94)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 14.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, -29.06, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 29.11, 176.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% -0.083 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.083 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9262, 12.1296, 12.5110)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E5E #6E1626

analogous

#166E32 #166E5E #16526E

triadic

#166E5E #5E166E #6E5E16

tetradic

#166E5E #32166E #6E1626 #526E16

square

#166E5E #32166E #6E1626 #526E16

split-complementary

#166E5E #6E1652 #6E3216

monochromatic

#051A16 #0C3B32 #166E5E #20A18A #2AD4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#166E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#166E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E5E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E5E	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.083 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988b',
    500: '#166e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e5e;
$custom-light: #64988b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48456,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E5E

secondary

#A43C4F

accent

#3E5DEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E5E

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

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