#166E5F#166E5F

#166E5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.083 H 178.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E5F
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 95)
HSL	hsl(170, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 13.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, -28.77, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 28.79, 177.60°)
OKLab	oklab(48.49% -0.0825 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(48.49% 0.083 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9713, 12.1477, 12.7489)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E5F #6E1625

analogous

#166E33 #166E5F #16516E

triadic

#166E5F #5F166E #6E5F16

tetradic

#166E5F #33166E #6E1625 #516E16

square

#166E5F #33166E #6E1625 #516E16

split-complementary

#166E5F #6E1651 #6E3316

monochromatic

#051A16 #0C3B33 #166E5F #20A18B #2AD4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#166E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#166E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E5F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E5F	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.083 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988c',
    500: '#166e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e5f;
$custom-light: #64988c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.773,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48489,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E5F

secondary

#A43C4D

accent

#3E5BEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E5F

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

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