#166E6C#166E6C

#166E6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.078 H 192.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E6C
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 108)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 1.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.85, -24.78, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.85, 25.52, 193.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% -0.076 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.078 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6123, 12.4041, 16.1248)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E6C #6E1618

analogous

#166E40 #166E6C #16446E

triadic

#166E6C #6C166E #6E6C16

tetradic

#166E6C #40166E #6E1618 #446E16

square

#166E6C #40166E #6E1618 #446E16

split-complementary

#166E6C #6E1644 #6E4016

monochromatic

#051A19 #0C3B3A #166E6C #20A19E #2AD4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#166E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#166E6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E6C

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E6C	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67686C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.078 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659896',
    500: '#166e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e6c;
$custom-light: #659896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48949,
    "c": 0.07782,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E6C

secondary

#A43C3E

accent

#3E42EA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E6C

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

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