#166E70#166E70

#166E70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.078 H 197.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E70
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 112)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -23.49, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 24.91, 199.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.1% -0.074 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(49.1% 0.078 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8301, 12.4912, 17.2717)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E70 #701816

analogous

#167045 #166E70 #164170

triadic

#166E70 #70166E #6E7016

tetradic

#166E70 #451670 #701816 #417016

square

#166E70 #451670 #701816 #417016

split-complementary

#166E70 #701641 #704516

monochromatic

#05191A #0C3C3D #166E70 #20A0A3 #2BD2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#166E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#166E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E70

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E70	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.078 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669899',
    500: '#166e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e70;
$custom-light: #669899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49104,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E70

secondary

#A63E3C

accent

#423EEA

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E70

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

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