#166E6D#166E6D

#166E6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.078 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E6D
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 109)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 0.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, -24.46, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 25.34, 195.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% -0.0755 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.078 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6658, 12.4255, 16.4067)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E6D #6E1617

analogous

#166E41 #166E6D #16436E

triadic

#166E6D #6D166E #6E6D16

tetradic

#166E6D #41166E #6E1617 #436E16

square

#166E6D #41166E #6E1617 #436E16

split-complementary

#166E6D #6E1643 #6E4116

monochromatic

#051A19 #0C3B3A #166E6D #20A1A0 #2AD4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#166E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#166E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E6D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E6D	1.00	6.03	3.49	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.078 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659896',
    500: '#166e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e6d;
$custom-light: #659896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48987,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E6D

secondary

#A43C3D

accent

#3E40EA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E6D

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

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