#166E6A#166E6A

#166E6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.078 H 190.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E6A
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 106)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(177, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, -25.42, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 25.90, 191.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% -0.0769 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.078 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5071, 12.3620, 15.5706)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E6A #6E161A

analogous

#166E3E #166E6A #16466E

triadic

#166E6A #6A166E #6E6A16

tetradic

#166E6A #3E166E #6E161A #466E16

square

#166E6A #3E166E #6E161A #466E16

split-complementary

#166E6A #6E1646 #6E3E16

monochromatic

#051A19 #0C3B39 #166E6A #20A19B #2AD4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#166E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#166E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E6A

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E6A	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67686A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.078 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659894',
    500: '#166e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e6a;
$custom-light: #659894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48874,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E6A

secondary

#A43C40

accent

#3E46EA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E6A

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

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