#166E6E#166E6E

#166E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.078 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E6E
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 110)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(180, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, -24.14, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 25.18, 196.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% -0.075 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.078 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7200, 12.4471, 16.6918)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E6E #6E1616

analogous

#166E42 #166E6E #16426E

triadic

#166E6E #6E166E #6E6E16

tetradic

#166E6E #42166E #6E1616 #426E16

square

#166E6E #42166E #6E1616 #426E16

split-complementary

#166E6E #6E1642 #6E4216

monochromatic

#051A1A #0C3B3B #166E6E #20A1A1 #2AD4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#166E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#166E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E6E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E6E	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.078 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659897',
    500: '#166e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e6e;
$custom-light: #659897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49025,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E6E

secondary

#A43C3C

accent

#3E3EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E6E

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

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