#166E66#166E66

#166E66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.079 H 185.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E66
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 102)
HSL	hsl(175, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(175, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 7.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, -26.67, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 26.81, 185.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% -0.0789 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.079 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3039, 12.2807, 14.5006)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E66 #6E161E

analogous

#166E3A #166E66 #164A6E

triadic

#166E66 #66166E #6E6616

tetradic

#166E66 #3A166E #6E161E #4A6E16

square

#166E66 #3A166E #6E161E #4A6E16

split-complementary

#166E66 #6E164A #6E3A16

monochromatic

#051A18 #0C3B37 #166E66 #20A195 #2AD4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#166E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#166E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E66

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E66	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.079 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649891',
    500: '#166e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e66;
$custom-light: #649891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48728,
    "c": 0.07932,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E66

secondary

#A43C45

accent

#3E4EEA

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E66

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

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