#166E72#166E72

#166E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.078 H 199.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166E72
RGB	rgb(22, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, -22.83, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 24.69, 202.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% -0.0731 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.078 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9427, 12.5362, 17.8647)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166E72 #721A16

analogous

#167248 #166E72 #164072

triadic

#166E72 #72166E #6E7216

tetradic

#166E72 #481672 #721A16 #407216

square

#166E72 #481672 #721A16 #407216

split-complementary

#166E72 #721640 #724816

monochromatic

#05191A #0C3D3F #166E72 #20A0A5 #2CCFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#166E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#166E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166E72

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166E72	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.078 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66989a',
    500: '#166e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166e72;
$custom-light: #66989a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49183,
    "c": 0.07759,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166E72

secondary

#A8413C

accent

#453DEB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166E72

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

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