#166E60#166E60

#166E60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.082 H 179.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E60
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 96)
HSL	hsl(170, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 12.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, -28.47, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 28.48, 178.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% -0.082 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.082 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0171, 12.1660, 12.9898)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E60 #6E1624

analogous

#166E34 #166E60 #16506E

triadic

#166E60 #60166E #6E6016

tetradic

#166E60 #34166E #6E1624 #506E16

square

#166E60 #34166E #6E1624 #506E16

split-complementary

#166E60 #6E1650 #6E3416

monochromatic

#051A16 #0C3B33 #166E60 #20A18D #2AD4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#166E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#166E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E60

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E60	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)

#69675F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.082 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64988d',
    500: '#166e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e60;
$custom-light: #64988d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48522,
    "c": 0.082,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E60

secondary

#A43C4C

accent

#3E59EA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060E0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E60

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

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