#166E68#166E68

#166E68 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.079 H 187.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E68
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 104)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(176, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 5.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, -26.05, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 26.33, 188.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% -0.0779 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.079 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4043, 12.3209, 15.0292)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E68 #6E161C

analogous

#166E3C #166E68 #16486E

triadic

#166E68 #68166E #6E6816

tetradic

#166E68 #3C166E #6E161C #486E16

square

#166E68 #3C166E #6E161C #486E16

split-complementary

#166E68 #6E1648 #6E3C16

monochromatic

#051A18 #0C3B38 #166E68 #20A198 #2AD4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#166E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#166E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E68

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E68	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.079 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659893',
    500: '#166e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e68;
$custom-light: #659893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.488,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E68

secondary

#A43C43

accent

#3E4AEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E68

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

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